The generation known as �millennials� are now emerging into adulthood. They face opportunities and challenges no generation has previously faced. For the church they are the �missing generation�.�
Ruth Perrin�s landmark study of emerging adults who as teenagers described themselves as Christians, reveals what has happened to this apparently �lost generation� � those who have lost faith altogether, those with a faith but who have withdrawn from the church and those with an ongoing active faith which is nonetheless now broader and deeper than previously.�
Considering the factors which help shape millennial belief, Changing Shape reflects on the challenges and opportunities that �missing generation� bring to the Church, and considers what lessons the Church can learn from the Millennial mindset.