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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

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