Is Generation Z destined to restore the mainline Protestant church to biblical faithfulness?
Many of them think so, thanks to one Redeemed Zoomer, a popular YouTube personality with over 115,000 followers.
Redeemed Zoomer is the YouTube handle (@redeemedzoomer6053) for a “a regular gen Z (zoomer) who was raised in a very secular progressive culture.” He writes, “I am a Presbyterian, part of the PCUSA (Presbyterian Church USA), but I completely oppose the theological liberalism and progressivism that has hijacked it. I have made it my mission to restore it.”
One of the things that sets Redeemed Zoomer apart is his penchant for performing theologically sophisticated monologues, often while playing Minecraft. He has a YouTube following of over 115k subscribers who are rallying to his idea to “take back” the mainline churches. It’s called “Operation Reconquista.” He has also sent his take on the 95 Theses to every PCUSA church in the country.
I recently spoke with Redeemed Zoomer (by Zoom) and agreed to become a sort of Gen X chaplain-adviser to the Discord server (with over 1,000 members, mostly under 30) that he’s set up.
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