Case Statement Rescuing the Next Generation | Page 2

RESCUING THE NEXT GENERATION
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here is an unreached people group
Consider that:
all around us. Society calls them
• 46% of high school students currently use
“Millennials” and “Generation Z.” They
addictive substances.
are the first digital natives.
• Suicide is the second leading cause of death
among those 10-24, tripling since 1960.
In America alone, 24 million of these young people
• 7th-12th graders make 5,400 suicide attempts
are outsiders to Christianity ... confused, fearful, and
every day.
in despair.
• 80% are ambivalent toward biblical practices
like prayer and dependence on Scripture for life’s
Consumed with dark struggles, they are part of a
answers.
culture unlike any we’ve ever seen.
Despite their confusion, despair, and desperate lack of
Each week, the Dawson McAllister Association
trust, they want someone to listen to them, assure them
(DMA) reaches over 200,000 of these teens and
that they matter, and give them hope.
young adults — reaching and rescuing thousands
from the darkest of places.
T rue S tory
I need to know if there is any hope for me.
“ I
am 14 years old, drug addicted and into
prostitution. I am also homeless. I feel confused,
hopeless, and desperate for a better way of life, but I
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don’t know how to get out of this whole mess. I need
God but am not even sure how to find Him or if He
even cares about me. I am such a sinner. I need to
know if there is any hope for me ...

*Name changed to protect identity
— Brianne*