Onward is a magazine for news, stories, and updates from the members of the NAB family. It is published multiple times a year. The resources below were included in the fall 2025 edition.
BOOKS
Becoming a Future-Ready Church
by Daniel Yang, Adelle M. Banks, & Warren Bird
The authors help church leaders evaluate whether their ministries are entrenched in strategies that worked well in the past but need to be adapted for the future. They reveal practical ways in which the next generation of church leaders can gain a sturdier foothold as they navigate into the future.
The New Copernicans
by David John Seel, Jr.
According to Seel, millennials, those born between 1980 and 2000, are both the church’s greatest challenge and its most exciting new opportunity, whether they are church-going or not. He provides a road map to this new millennial landscape and an antidote to being drawn off course.
VIDEOS
Empowering Gen Z with Paul & Tanya Gericke
Having spent the last decade in Romania as NAB missionaries, the Gerickes have both the practical and academic insights into better understanding Gen Z and exploring the discipleship opportunities before us.
Evangelical360° – Episode 38: God Never Loses a Generation
Lisa Pak shares her story with host Brian Stiller, saying, “I believe in a God who has never lost a generation, and he will not start now.”
ARTICLE
“New Barna Data: Young Adults Lead a Resurgence in Church Attendance”
New research from Barna Group reveals a surprising shift: Millennials and Gen Z are driving a resurgence in church attendance. While overall church attendance trends have been flat in recent years, the return to church among the next generation stands out as a powerful sign of rising openness to faith.
PODCASTS
Explain It to Me – “How Gen Z found religion”
For the first time in decades, American Christianity is not in decline. What are young people looking for—and finding—at church?
Leaving Egypt – Hosted by Alan Roxburgh & Jenny Sinclair
Roxburgh and Sinclair and their guests explore the vocation of the church in a context of cultural unraveling, sharing stories of how local expressions of God’s people are contributing to the reweaving of hope in our common life.
NAB Stories – Episode 2.3: Sophie Streeter
In her conversations with host Drew Steinhart, Sophie Streeter, the Students and Connections coordinator at Heartland Community Church in Medina, Ohio, shares her experience as an NAB pastor’s kid and her heart for working with youth.
The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God – “Is the Tide Turning? Gen Z and the Asbury Awakening”
Justin Brierly speaks to pastors, thinkers, statisticians, and Gen Z leaders who have noticed a surprising surge of interest in faith, alongside stories of unusual growth in Catholic, Orthodox, and evangelical churches.
The Urbana Podcast
This podcast seeks to empower Christians and leaders on college campuses. Two episodes in particular pertain to the topic of emerging leaders: “What is Gen Z’s role in global missions?” and “How will Gen Z redefine global missions?”.