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Reese Carlson is a Generation Z Youth Pastor at Lake City Community Church in Lakewood, Washington. He received his bachelor’s in Theology from Southern Nazarene University and his master’s in Divinity from Western Seminary. Before becoming a pastor, Reese played college football at the University of Montana until God led him to pastoral ministry. He has been a youth pastor at three churches in three different states but LOVES being back home in the Pacific Northwest, where he lives with his wife Alison and son Wesley.

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Church Doesn't End With Z: Why Gen Z is Leaving the Church and How to Reach Them

4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions

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St. Thomas Aquinas

by G.K. Chesterton

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Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity

by Ronald J. Sider

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Renovation of the Heart: Putting On the Character of Christ

by Dallas Willard

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Reese Carlson liked Tom's review of Church Doesn't End With Z: Why Gen Z is Leaving the Church and How to Reach Them: "The first main point is that things really are changing culturally within American Christianity. Church attendance is on the decline, and the number of teens leaving after high school is high. The book isn't defeatist, but gives good advice on how to " Read more of this review »
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