Does the bible matter to millennials? A ministry that brings scripture to people groups that don’t have it — now has that age group in its sights.
Wycliffe Bible Translators has started a new campaign that seeks to encourage discussion about the Gospel and show that despite statistics suggesting millennials and teenagers are becoming less engaged with God, the Bible still matters greatly in people’s lives.
Extensive research has highlighted that while Americans hold various views on the Bible, one in five teens and one in three millennials believe that the Bible is not divinely inspired. What is more, only 16 percent of millennials would say that the Bible is the actual Word of God.
Scott Everhart, senior director of marketing at Wycliffe Bible Translators, told The Christian Post in an interview about the new campaign, called #WhyBible, that there are many forces at work looking to downplay the Bible’s role in people’s lives today, such as the “distraction of technology or the social pressures.” But he contends the Bible is relevant to modern life and needed now more than ever.
The goal of the one-month campaign is to create a forum for testimonies and stories shared about the Bible’s incredible impact on individuals and communities and the world.
The #WhyBible website offers free resources to help people re-engage with the Bible, or engage with it for the first time. You can find the address on our website.
You can find out more about the #whybible campaign on our website.