ED STETZER
Here are some key stats indicating the views of young evangelicals on hot button issues:
However, I still think we are safe saying that the moral and political views of young evangelicals are still more likely to line up with those of their parents than those of their non-evangelical peers. It is easy to simply play “blame the millennial” for all the problems in the church and culture, but the statistics don’t bear that out. The vast majority of millennials remaining in the church share the values of older members. The much larger issue is that more millennials are becoming Nones and others are looking for spiritual fulfillment outside the church. Instead of critiquing the young adults who have stayed, we should be leveraging them to reach their peers. --Ed Stetzer (Christianity Today 08.10.16 |
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July 22, 2015: Charisma: What? Evangelicals Come Against Franklin Graham's Views on Islam
"Most recent headlines regarding Islam don't paint a picture of religious freedom—so we should not be surprised by the strong minority that considers Islam a threat to religious freedom," said Ed Stetzer, executive director of LifeWay Research. Apr 8, 2015: Ed Stetzer: Christianity Today: The Lego Principle: An Interview with Joey Bonifacio
Feb 27, 2015: Ed Stetzer: Christianity Today: Stories of Transformation: Emmanuel Community Church Looks for Purpose
Feb 26, 2015: The Exchange: Warren Bird, Darren Whitehead, and Scott McConnell: The Exchange Podcast #064
Research shows multisite churches are on the rise. Dr. Warren Bird, Director of Research and Intellectual Capital at Leadership Network, presents some data about the implications of multisite churches and discusses member development and involvement in this episode of The Exchange with Ed Stetzer. Feb 23, 2015: Rooted: HTH: Ed Stetzer on Youth Who "Drop Out" of the Church
Ed Stetzer of Lifeway Research offered this valuable article about the numbers and factors behind youth who “drop out” of the church (a term with which he takes issue.) |
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Feb 13, 2015: Pulpit and Pen: Ed Stetzer, Charles Spurgeon, And Preaching to Circuses
Ed Stetzer has faced some criticism lately. Criticism, of course, that began with some unkind words to a certain friend of Pulpit & Pen on Twitter and culminated in an open letter to Lifeway by one of the victims of the entity’s pursuit for filthy lucre, a young man named Alex Malarkey, which just happened to wind up first on this blog and then on every major news source and media outlet in the western world. Of course, Stetzer and others at Lifeway don’t exactly deal well with criticism.
Ed Stetzer has faced some criticism lately. Criticism, of course, that began with some unkind words to a certain friend of Pulpit & Pen on Twitter and culminated in an open letter to Lifeway by one of the victims of the entity’s pursuit for filthy lucre, a young man named Alex Malarkey, which just happened to wind up first on this blog and then on every major news source and media outlet in the western world. Of course, Stetzer and others at Lifeway don’t exactly deal well with criticism.
Feb 11, 2015: Lifeway: One in Three Americans Worry About Sharia Law Being Applied in America
“ISIS has stirred an odd religious debate in America today,” said Ed Stetzer, executive director of LifeWay Research. “In a nation that has long espoused religious freedom, Americans are thinking long and hard about the kind of society Islam fosters – especially the more radical groups that say they are Islamic – and whether Sharia law would ever be adopted here.”
“ISIS has stirred an odd religious debate in America today,” said Ed Stetzer, executive director of LifeWay Research. “In a nation that has long espoused religious freedom, Americans are thinking long and hard about the kind of society Islam fosters – especially the more radical groups that say they are Islamic – and whether Sharia law would ever be adopted here.”
Jan 9, 2015: Ed Stetzer: Christianity Today: The Bible Is More Than Stories of Morality
Dec 18, 2014: Ken Chitwood: 2014's Religion & Culture Top Stories & Awards
Son of renowned Christian author and theologian Francis Schaeffer, Frank Scaeffer is no new news. He is a gregarious and outspoken atheist who "believes in faith." But this year he got embroiled in a tit-for-tat with Christianity Today and evangelical leader Ed Stetzer over a story about Bart Campolo, son of famed Christian leaders Tony and Peggy Campolo, leaving the Christian faith. On top of all this, Frank came out with a new self-published book this year, titled Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in God: How to give love, create beauty and find peace.
Son of renowned Christian author and theologian Francis Schaeffer, Frank Scaeffer is no new news. He is a gregarious and outspoken atheist who "believes in faith." But this year he got embroiled in a tit-for-tat with Christianity Today and evangelical leader Ed Stetzer over a story about Bart Campolo, son of famed Christian leaders Tony and Peggy Campolo, leaving the Christian faith. On top of all this, Frank came out with a new self-published book this year, titled Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in God: How to give love, create beauty and find peace.
Sept 30, 2014: Ed Stetzer: Christianity Today: Deconversion: Some Thoughts on Bart Campolo’s Departure from Christianity
Sept 9, 2014: New York Times: Megachurch With a Beat Lures a Young Flock
And Ed Stetzer, the executive director of LifeWay Research, an organization based in Nashville that studies practices in American Christianity, declared in an analysis of Hillsong, “In sensory stimulation, Hillsong’s productions rival any other contemporary form of entertainment.
And Ed Stetzer, the executive director of LifeWay Research, an organization based in Nashville that studies practices in American Christianity, declared in an analysis of Hillsong, “In sensory stimulation, Hillsong’s productions rival any other contemporary form of entertainment.
Jan 27, 2011" Ed Stetzer: : Christianity Today: Thursday Is for Thinkers: Lizette Beard

Ed Stetzer (born 1966) is an author, speaker, researcher, pastor, church planter, and Christian missiologist. Stetzer is a contributor to the North American discussion on missional church and church planting. He currently resides in Hendersonville, Tennessee and also serves as Lead Pastor of Grace Church in Hendersonville, a congregation he planted in 2011.