It's not their parents' church, but it is their church, with their language, their questions, their struggles, and with answers for them. And for the first time I see something that I have somehow missed before. I suddenly realize how I have always attended churches that were started by people from other generations. I remember the excitement that those generations felt at their churches, and how they wanted me to be excited about their churches too - and I remember how I often could never quite share that excitement. I suddenly realize that they have the same excitement about Sandals as I have seen my parents' generation have about their churches.
Sandals is a new church for a generation now moving into adulthood.
This church is home to them. His passion is to see a wave of churches for young people started all across the Western world. He holds an M.A. in world evangelization from Tyndale Theological Seminary. Click here to respond to this article. Next Wave exists to help you find the best possible strategy for your situation.