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Reports on the under-30 generation suggest that as many as 1 out of 3 are walking away from traditional religious affiliations and organized religion in the US. Erwin McManus, founder and pastor of MOSAIC church in Los Angeles, believes there is more to the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cYou have a generation that is saying we are tapping out of religion in many ways. But what they are not saying is that we are tapping out of a serious search for meaning in life,\u201d says Erwin McManus, pastor and founder of MOSAIC church in Los Angeles. \u201cIn fact, if anything there is an incredible and profound hunger in millennials saying if there is something beyond this life I want to connect to it.\u201d More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":25519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[10631,17847,945,1276,10872],"class_list":["post-24527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-emerging-church","tag-erwin-mcmanus","tag-hollywood","tag-pew-research","tag-religiously-unaffiliated","topics-culture-and-society","topics-faith-and-spirituality","faith-christian","faith-unaffiliated"],"yoast_head":"\nNovember 7, 2014 ~ Millennials and Religion | 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