ഹൂസ്റ്റൺ :ഹൂസ്റ്റണ്‍ ആസ്‌ഥാനമായി പ്രവർത്തിച്ചുവരുന്ന ഇന്‍റർനാഷണൽ പ്രയർലെെൻ മാർച്ച് 11 ചൊവാഴ്ച സംഘടിപ്പിച്ച 565-ാമത് സമ്മേളനത്തില്‍ ബൈബിൾ അധ്യാപകൻ, പത്രപ്രവർത്തകൻ, എഴുത്തുകാരൻ, ചരിത്രകാരൻ എന്നീ നിലകളിൽ അറിയപ്പെടുന്ന ഡോ. ബാബു കെ. വർഗീസ്, ബോംബെ മുഖ്യ സന്ദേശം നല്‍കി
ഇന്ത്യയിൽ ക്രൈസ്തവർ നേരിടുന്ന പീഡനങ്ങളെ കുറിച്ച് നേരിട്ടുള്ള തന്റെ ഹൃദയ സ്പർശിയായ അനുഭവങ്ങൾ അദ്ദേഹം സമ്മേളനത്തില്‍ പങ്കുവെച്ചു.

ശ്രീ. ജോസഫ് പി. രാജു, പ്രസിഡന്റ് ഗോസ്പൽ മിഷൻ ഓഫ് ഇന്ത്യ, ഡിട്രോയിറ്റ്, മിഷിഗൺ പ്രാരംഭ പ്രാര്‍ത്ഥനയോടെ യോഗം ആരംഭിച്ചു .വടക്കേ ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ക്രിസ്ത്യാനികൾ നേരിടുന്ന പീഡനങ്ങൾ, ശത്രുത, വെല്ലുവിളികൾ എന്നിവയെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള നേരിട്ടുള്ളതും കൃത്യവുമായ വിവരങ്ങൾ ഡോ. ബാബു വർഗീസ് സമ്മേളനത്തിൽ പങ്കിടുമെന്നും നിങ്ങളുടെ പ്രാർത്ഥനാപൂർവ്വമായ പങ്കാളിത്തം ഇന്ത്യയിലും ലോകമെമ്പാടും വിശ്വാസത്തിന്റെ പേരിൽ പീഡിപ്പിക്കപ്പെടുന്നവരുമായി നിലകൊള്ളുന്നതിൽ നമ്മുടെ ഐക്യം, ഐക്യദാർഢ്യം, പ്രതിബദ്ധത എന്നിവ പ്രകടമാക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള അവസരമാണിതെന്നും സ്വാഗതമാശംസിച്ചുകൊണ്ടു ഐപിഎല്‍ കോര്‍ഡിനേറ്റര്‍ സി. വി. സാമുവേല്‍ ആമുഖമായി പറഞ്ഞു.തുടർന്ന് മുഖ്യതിഥി ഡോ. ബാബു വർഗീസിനെ പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തുകയും മുഖ്യ സന്ദേശം നല്‍കുന്നതിനു ക്ഷണിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു.

ശ്രീ. ഫിലിപ്പ് മാത്യു (ഷാജി),ഡാളസ്, മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥ പ്രാര്‍ത്ഥനയ്ക്കു നേതൃത്വം നല്‍കി.ഐ പി എൽ സംഘടിപ്പിക്കുന്ന പ്രതിവാര പ്രാർത്ഥനാ യോഗങ്ങളിൽ നാനൂറിലധികം പേര്‍ ലോകത്തിന്റെ വിവിധ ഭാഗങ്ങളില്‍ നിന്നും സംബന്ധിച്ചിരുന്നുവെന്നു കോര്‍ഡിനേറ്റര്‍ ടി.എ. മാത്യു പറഞ്ഞു.തുടർന്ന് നന്ദി രേഖപ്പെടുത്തി .സമാപന പ്രാർത്ഥനയും ആശീർവാദവും:പാസ്റ്റർ ഡോ. എം. എസ്. സാമുവൽ, ന്യൂയോർക്ക് നിർവഹിച്ചു.ഷിബു ജോർജ് ഹൂസ്റ്റൺ, ശ്രീ ജോസഫ് ടി ജോർജ്ജ് (രാജു), ഹൂസ്റ്റൺ എന്നിവർ ടെക്‌നിക്കൽ കോർഡിനേറ്ററായിരുന്നു.
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Organizers of a nationwide revival movement taking place on college campuses across the United States say they were “blown away” Tuesday night after 5,000 students gathered at West Virginia University to praise Jesus.

UniteUS is an evangelistic college campus movement marked by salvations, water baptisms, and worship, and last night at the Morgantown, WV campus was no different.

“We are blown away at how God moved tonight at the WVU Coliseum. Before visiting each campus, we pray and ask God to do what only He can do. And we saw that happen as the room filled up tonight with 5,000 students chasing after Him in Morgantown,” the founder and visionary behind UniteUS, Tonya Prewett, told CBN News.

“Over a thousand students saved, set free, and flooding the altar to make a move toward something different than the world has to offer,” she shared.

Prewett continued, “Life-changing salvation. Life-altering freedom. Life-giving connections. Jesus is marking this generation.”

Prewett, along with Pastor Jonathan Pokluda and the founder of the IF:Gathering, Jennie Allen have been spearheading this move on college campuses, and it is changing lives.

“I feel like there is a lot of brokenness on college campuses,” WVU student Savannah Jones told Positively West Virginia. “There’s a lot of people looking for something that they just can’t find without community, without ministry, to give them a little peace and let them know about Jesus.”

Pokluda previously told CBN News many students are coming to these gatherings ready to shed their past mistakes.

“They’re coming in with guilt and shame. STDs, unwanted pregnancies, abortions,” Pokluda said. “And they come here and we’re showing them the one—the only one—who can really deal with their sin, is Jesus Christ.”

As CBN News reported, at the start of this year, 8,000 students gathered at the University of Kentucky’s Rupp Arena to worship Jesus and hear a powerful message on the Gospel.

Then, an Ohio State revival event saw 6,500 students gather in The Schott, where almost 2,000 attendees responded to the altar call.

WVU student Eliza Hocz says the move of God on the campus is genuine because students have a real hunger for change.

“The cool thing about this movement specifically is that they don’t [just] come to the schools,” she explained. “They go to the schools that students reach out to [them] in desperation for God to do something on their campus.”

WVU UNITE student team coordinator Chandler Haga told WDTV that is exactly what she did.

“Tonya [said] she would love to come to WVU, but she wanted to hear my heart for the event,” Haga told the outlet.

“And so we reached out on a call and I gave her the full rundown of why we needed this here. The goal is to connect them with local churches and local ministries after the event so the ministries on campus then continue to grow,” she continued.

Prewett told CBN News she connects with the students, but they are the ones putting in the work to reach their community.

“The students reach out to us and I work with a student team to put on the event,” she said. “They do all the local work. It’s beautiful.”

The hunger for God’s spirit to touch and change lives is evident. So far, the ministry’s events have reached more than 100,000 college students across multiple campuses.

The next UniteUS outreach will be held at Southern Methodist University on April 8.
Sources:CBN News

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Despite declining church attendance, 77% of Gen Z is open to learning about Jesus. The Church has an opportunity — if it is ready to change its approach to engagement.

A generation searching for more

Lena sat in church every Sunday. She knew the Bible stories. She went to a youth group. But deep down, she wondered, “Does any of this really matter?”

By college, she left. She never saw how faith mattered.

Lena is not alone. Millions of young people feel the same way. Yet, they are not rejecting Jesus. According to Barna’s Gen Z Vol. 3 research, 77% of teens say they are at least somewhat motivated to learn about Jesus, with 52% reporting they are very motivated. Only 20% of teenagers said they were unmotivated to learn about Jesus, while 7% were unsure.

This is not just a Gen Z trend. A 2022 survey of 2,000 U.S. adults found that 77% believe in a higher power, and 74% want to grow spiritually. The problem is not that young people aren’t interested in faith. The problem is that the Church isn’t engaging them in ways that feel relevant, real and transformative.

The curse of knowledge: Why we’re losing the next generation

Have you ever been in church when the pastor starts talking about justification and sanctification — and everyone just nods along like they totally get it? (Meanwhile, you are silently hoping there is no quiz afterward.) That is the curse of knowledge in action.

The curse of knowledge happens when experts forget what it’s like to be a beginner. A Stanford study demonstrated this with a simple experiment. Participants were split into two groups: “tappers” and “listeners.” The tappers were asked to tap out the rhythm of a song, while the listeners had to guess what song was being tapped. The tappers assumed that the listeners would guess correctly 50% of the time. In reality, the listeners got it right only 2.5% of the time. Why? Because the tappers could already hear the melody in their heads — but the listeners only heard random beats.

This is exactly what happens in the Church today. Many assume young adults understand faith, but for many, faith is like a song with missing notes. We talk to them instead of walking with them, then wonder why they leave.

The real reason young people leave church

Christian affiliation among young adults has dropped significantly over the past 50 years. In 1972, 85% of 18 to 35-year-olds identified as Christian. By 2022, that number had fallen to 45%. Meanwhile, those claiming “no religion” have risen sharply. In 1972, only 5% of young adults identified as religiously unaffiliated. By 2022, that number had increased to 35%.

Most “Nones” aren’t atheists or even agnostics — they are simply spiritually disengaged. Research shows that 63% say they are “nothing in particular.” Only 20% are agnostic, and 17% are atheist. They aren’t rejecting faith — they just don’t see why it matters.

Part of the problem is that the Church has largely shifted from Jesus’ multiplication model of discipleship to an assimilation model. Success is too often measured by attendance and program participation rather than by disciple-making. Many churches have unknowingly replaced Jesus’ Great Commission with a functional Great Commission that sounds more like this:

“Go into all the world and make worship attenders. Baptize them into small groups. Teach them how to serve a few hours a month.”

But this is not what Jesus commanded. Jesus didn’t say, “Gather crowds and measure success by how many show up.” He said, “Go and make disciples.” The biblical Great Commission isn’t about filling church buildings — it’s about filling the world with disciple-makers.

The future church: a vision for what’s possible

The church of the future won’t be built on attendance — it will be built on disciple-making. It won’t just be a place we go; it will be a movement we live out. Instead of measuring success by how many people show up, we should measure it by how many people are trained and sent out.

Imagine a church where believers don’t just listen — they are trained to disciple others. Imagine small groups that multiply faith. Imagine evangelism that builds lifelong disciple-makers. That’s the church Jesus envisioned. That’s the church the next generation is searching for. That’s the church we must become.

But how do we get there?

A call to action for everyday Christians

If you are reading this, chances are you care deeply about the next generation. Maybe it is your child, your grandchild or someone you mentor. They are not too far gone. They are searching. And you can be the one who helps them find answers.

The Church is not just a building — it is you. It is the way you live out your faith at home, at work and in everyday conversations. If we stay silent, they’ll seek answers elsewhere. But if we engage, if we invest, if we disciple — We won’t just see them stay. We’ll see revival.

The question isn’t whether young people are searching. The question is whether we will show them the way.

We must decide.

Will we rise to the challenge? Or will we stand by and watch them walk away?
Sources:Christian Post

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