Catching the Wave: How Your Church Can Reach a Spiritually Hungry Generation (Outreach ideas, stories and research for youthworkers reaching Gen Z and Gen A with the gospel) - Softcover

Neil O'Boyle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 180254416X ISBN 13: 9781802544169

Publisher: The Good Book Company, 2026

Synopsis

Gen Z and Gen A are spiritually hungry. Are we ready to offer them the bread of life?

After 70 years of church decline, it’s remarkable that there has been a 12% rise in just five years in the number of young people who identify as followers of Jesus (Hancock, 2025). 

This new, quiet revival among Gen Z and Gen A presents the church with a tremendous opportunity.

Drawing on his experience as the National Director of British Youth for Christ, Neil O’Boyle encourages you to seize this moment of spiritual openness as he...

• Shares inspiring stories about youth workers and youth
• Offers insight from statistics, research, and experience
• Suggests practical ideas you can adapt to your context
• Equips you to communicate with young people and care well for them in the social issues they face

Through O’Boyle’s emphasis on prayer and self-reflection, you’ll find yourself anchored in a sense of God’s power as you seek to participate in God’s exciting work among the younger generations.

About this title

About the Author

Neil O’Boyle has spent more than three decades walking alongside young people and church communities in the UK and around the world. His heart is to see the church live out an invitational and missional culture, where both churched and unchurched young people encounter Jesus in everyday life. As National Director of Youth for Christ Britain, Neil has championed evangelism and discipleship that are rooted in Scripture, Spirit-led and shaped by real cultural understanding.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Good Book Company
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 180254416X
• ISBN 13: 9781802544169
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Number of pages: 176