The once-clear distinction between evangelism and social action is disappearing among recent interns, she says. Now when young people come to our program, it's all one piece. Jimmy Dorrell of Waco, Texas, has seen the shift too. He says those students are learning to see Christian ministry in holistic terms. In traditional church culture, Dorrell says, neither conservatives nor liberals are doing social ministry and evangelism.
Traditional denominations are still stuck in old theology.
Their younger members don't live there anymore. GenXers are generally less interested in propositional witnessing or counting conversions. But they are very interested in the spiritual and physical welfare of their friends and neighbors. You might call it maturity.