Faith for the Future

In 2019, Barna Group and World Vision partnered to dramatically widen – and focus – the lens with which we view young adults around the world. We interviewed more than 15,000 adults age 18 to 35 in 25 countries and nine languages, asking them about their goals, fears, relationships, routines and beliefs. The aim of these interviews was to generate findings that would help the global Church to better understand 18 to 35 year olds around the world, partnering with them in discipleship and activating them in leadership.

Featured Speakers

 

David Kinnaman,
President of Barna Group

 

 

Daniel Copeland,
Director of Research Services of Barna Group

 

 

Danielle Strickland,
Spiritual Leader, Justice Advocate

 

 

Rev. Miles Toulmin,
Vicar of Holy Trinity Bukit Bintang Church

 

Local Panels

Senior Church Leaders

 

Panel Host:
Pr. Dr. Philip Lyn,
Senior Pastor of Skyline SIB, KK

 

 

Rev. Benedict Rajan,
Senior Overseer of Calvary City Church, JB

 

 

Pr. Rachel Bulan,
Co-Lead Pastor of Cornerstone Community Church, Borneo

 

 

Rev. Kevin Loo,
Senior Pastor of Collective Global, KL

 

 

Pr. Chris Kam,
Senior Pastor of DUMC, KL

 

Millennial Panelists

 

Panel Host:
Paul Kong,
National Director of Alpha Malaysia

 

 

Y.B. Michelle Ng,
Assemblywoman of Selangor State

 

 

Rev. Dr. Victor Lee,
President of Bible College Malaysia

 

 

Heidy Quah,
Founder and Director of Refuge For The Refugees

 

 

Marcus Dip Silas,
Founder of The Dips Collective

 

Recap

Faith for the Future 2020

Alongside Alpha Malaysia, we hosted the Faith for the Future Forum in early 2020 to release and unpack this largest-ever global study of Millennials and their attitudes toward Christianity, sharing its findings and contextualising it to Malaysia. We hope that the local Church gained a deeper understanding of Millennials and found better ways of engaging and discipling young adults to become resilient Christian leaders in today’s volatile, post-modern culture.

Here are the highlights from last year’s Forum:

Faith for the Future 2.0 - Into the Digital Era

In March 2021, we once again jointly hosted a virtual forum to further unravel the study of Millennials and their perspective towards faith, especially in this digital era. We sought to aid church leaders in exploring the integration of faith with an emotionally connected church, which would help Millennials stay resilient to the challenges they face. As we heard from our speakers and panels, we envision the local church to be empowered, gaining a stronger fervour in their mission to disciple this generation in impacting our world.

Resources

Learn more about The Connected Generation research by Barna Group.

Please email World Vision Malaysia at [email protected] and/or Alpha Malaysia at [email protected] to find out more about putting the insights into action in your church.