This video is of the launch event for CAS (Church and State) NOW! – a national movement for the political discipleship of Christian (& curious) young adults. Get informed, equipped, connected with others like you and involved in saving Australia like no generation before NOW! has.
David Pellowe is Australia’s Charlie Kirk we need to get behind Church and State (CAS) http://www.churchandstate.com.au. The time is right, Gen Z is awakening, God is at work.
Dave founded Church And State ministries in 2016, a nationwide movement equipping Christians to be public salt and light: redeeming the culture, discipling the debate and advocating for righteousness in government. From Zoomers to Baby Boomers, Dave is teaching Christians to confidently say what God says about debated issues.
Reports are emerging across the world that God is doing something new, particularly amongst young people, Gen Z. For example, evangelical churches are booming in France, a country often seen as one of the most secular in Europe. They’re multiplying so fast that every ten days, a new evangelical church opens its doors. In this documentary, they dive deep into France’s evangelicalism: meeting pastors, experts, and converts to understand why so many young people are turning to evangelical Christianity. From Paris to Lyon, they explore how this minority movement is becoming one of the fastest-growing religions in France, and what that means for its future. Glory to God.
God called David Pellowe to teach Christians about pursuing righteous government in Australia after the 2016 federal election. He first launched a video show in 2017 and then annual Church and State (CAS) conferences in 2018. He said, everything lost momentum in 2020, but they never missed the annual CAS Summit and found a way through the “regulations”.
Since then, speaking invitations, demand, and audiences have increased significantly, and by the end of this year, he will have held close to a dozen events around Australia. What he has heard and witnessed cannot — must not — be ignored any longer. David Pellowe is Australia’s version of Charlie Kirk. Make sure you you get behind CAS NOW!
Nation First promotes the launch of CAS NOW! by David Pellowe 28th October 2025
God has been stirring Gen Z with a hunger for truth and political discipleship, far surpassing anything seen in previous generations.
After years of teaching and growing the Church And State movement, the need for consistent, youth-focused political discipleship has become urgent and undeniable.
CAS NOW!, which you can read about at CASNOW.au, is launching as a national movement to equip under-30s with resources, strategy, and bold leadership in the political and cultural battle for Australia.
The new movement will feature events, video modules, study guides, and local chapters to empower young Christians to influence politics and society with Gospel conviction.
Gen Z is not waiting for permission. They’re ready to lead now, challenging woke culture and restoring Christian values in public life through active engagement.
The last few years have shown them turning up in greater numbers. It’s nothing new or clever I did — it was God, and it was Gen Z themselves showing more interest in Truth and action, and more disdain and disillusionment with feminised churches and woke culture.
Alpha for Politics
This year, I can’t count the times I’ve been approached by teens and young adults after CAS conferences, just buzzing with inspiration and an insatiable appetite for more of God’s undiluted Truth about debated issues.
“We need more of this.”
“Do you have resources I can share with my friends — they’d love this!”
“I’ve been to the excellent, one-off courses that are available, but once isn’t enough. I want ongoing discipleship about all these issues!”
Pastors too, at the Preachers’ Roundtables I’ve been convening in Parliaments across Australia, hosted by grateful, pro-faith MPs and Senators, have asked what resources CAS has for the first-time voters in their church who come to them and ask, “Who do I vote for? How should I vote?”
And it takes no prophet to know that since Charlie Kirk was martyred on 10 September, the hunger in Gen Z has seen them taking themselves to church to hear God’s Truth about debated issues preached without apology or pussy-footing around the confronting, exclusive nature of it.
It’s time for CAS to double down on what we’ve been doing all along, and sharpen our focus on those first-time voters and others under 30 who are in a prime position to do what previous generations have neglected to do, and arrest the demolition of Christianity in this nation.
“Seeker-sensitive” Christianity may have been well intentioned, but it spectacularly failed over the past few decades to create much more than pew-warmers, if not false converts, by turning the Gospel into a product and congregations into a customer base that had to be appeased.
If someone leaves your church because the pulpit challenges them and makes them uncomfortable, they never wanted discipleship from you and have no understanding of the meaning of “Lord” or “Take up your cross and follow Me.” You’ve lost a waste of space, that’s all. Let them go to a church with better-than-average coffee and an Acknowledgment of Country or a rainbow flag.
Nationwide Movement
Next Saturday night, 8th November in Logan, Queensland, with a bunch of young, zealous Christian conservatives, I’m launching CAS NOW! — a national movement for the political discipleship, equipping and engagement of those under 30.
The following month, on 4-6 December, I will be launching in Newcastle, Illawarra, and Sydney as well, with evening rallies to fill the need in this nation and answer the generation crying out for “MORE!” authority and wisdom from God’s Word.
Anyone can attend, but under-30s get to go to the front of the line during the long Q&A after time for worship, inspiration, and an interview on a debated topic.
These events are high energy and fun, but the strength of the movement is the practical engagement strategies that it aims to provide Gen Z. Political Discipleship course video modules will grow rapidly, provided by scores of high-calibre Church And State conference speakers, complete with study guides, group discussion questions (and answers) for the hosts and facilitators.
Not only will these people be CAS NOW! movement members, but pastors, youth leaders, CAS NOW! church reps, micro churches, house churches, minor party organisers, homeschool communities, missions/evangelistic ministries, Christian schools, and anyone who’s in a position to disciple young people.
CAS NOW! will help them join political parties and empower mass membership of any political party to levels not seen since the Menzies era, creating an unignorable constituency of common sense that demands representation and holds bad government accountable.
No more will this generation sit idly by and wonder what happened to once-Christian Australia. They will actually be salt and light in the public square, preventing rot and decay, adding good flavour and repelling the darkness to illuminate Truth.
CAS NOW! will help communicate the excellent, strategic opportunities provided by many pro-family, pro-faith, pro-freedom, pro-life, pro-Australia lobbyist and activist organisations, which we’ve always championed and promoted at CAS conferences to be politically, culturally, and evangelistically effective in their local area.
CAS NOW! Chapters will continue the great work of the amazing Gen Z’ers in far-flung regions away from the cities to make Political Discipleship events successful right there in their hometowns.
The vision is enormous, but the mission is even bigger. Yet, God has been preparing us for this day, for this generation, to communicate and equip one simple message: “You’re not just the leaders of tomorrow — you’re the leaders NOW!”
YOU can help inspire, educate, empower, and equip people aged 16-30 with Political Discipleship to become the leaders of today and take their place in the vacuum left by older generations in the national conversation. Spread the word; invite everyone to visit casNOW.au and join the movement or attend the launch events (open to all ages).
May God open the eyes of this generation to rebel like no other generation before them against woke uni’ professors, the Lying Media, and oppressive government.
Matt Canavan, Nationals Senator for Queensland talks good sense about what Australia needs to do to make a comeback. We have all that we need in terms of resources but we have voted in a socialist government that is committed to Net Zero emissions in an absurd time frame.
I was surprised to hear him talk about Charlie Kirk and the impact for good his assassination is having worldwide, and even here in Australia.
I am now convinced that God is working in the hearts of the young, I have done many posts on young people turning to God particularly on university campuses in the USA, but also UK and Australia: 1. Revival in the USA is a Reality, 10th April, 2025, 2. Is America on the Cusp of a Spiritual Awakening, 17th April, 2025, 3. Over 7,750 Baptised at Huntington Beach, 12th May, 2025, 4. Australians Turning to Christianity, 22nd May, 2025, 5. Gen Z Coming to Christ, Not Walking Away, 14th August, 2025 , 6. Belief in God More Widespread than the Media Reveal, 20th August, 2025 , 7. Gen Z – The Revival Generation, 3rd September, 2025, 8. The Charlie Kirk Effect, 17th September, 2025, 9. Huge “Jesus is King” Rally in the UK, 18th September, 2025
Several people involved with a new documentary about the revival among Generation Z told The Christian Post why they believe the unique challenges young people are facing have left them especially open to the Gospel.
“The Revival Generation,” which was produced by the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN)’s Abigail Robertson, premiered last Wednesday at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts amid the Trump administration’s push to promote more faith-friendly content at the prestigious venue.
Detailing some of the large revivals on college campuses in recent years, the film portrays thousands of Gen Z students filling stadiums as they pursue healing and faith through Christ, which attendees at the red-carpet premiere said hurting young people are desperately seeking.
‘Toughest time to be a young person’
Those attending the premiere included members of the White House Faith Office and other prominent Christian figures, including former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson. He was among the voices who offered insight in the film about the spiritual searching among Gen Z or “Zoomers,” who were born roughly between 1997 and 2012 and suffer from unprecedented depression, identity issues and mental illness.
Tim Robertson, son of the late CBN founder and evangelist Pat Robertson, told CP he believes many young people have come to reject the bitter fruit and spiritual failure of the prevailing secular worldview they inherited.
“Young people are looking at some of the values they’ve been given from a very permissive generation that’s older, and they want to find some stability in their lives,” he said. “And obviously Christianity gives them that stability, and it gives them a rock and an anchor.”
“I think a lot of the ideology of the Left is being exposed as being empty, and they want something that’s real, and that’s what they’re finding in Jesus,” he added.
Much of the documentary centers on Tonya Prewett, a mother who founded the UniteUS movement. Her own daughter’s struggles with addiction and suicidal ideation led her to establish the nonprofit that organizes prayer and worship gatherings among college students.
As recounted in the film, she was involved with the revival at Auburn University in September 2023, when thousands gathered in the school’s auditorium for worship, and hundreds were baptized impromptu in an on-campus pond, despite the freezing weather.
Similar student-led revivals took place that year at colleges such as Asbury University in Kentucky, Lee University in Tennessee, Samford University in Alabama, as well as Texas A&M University and Baylor University in Texas. These students are discovering that their creator, God loves them and of course it changes their lives forever.
A few weeks ago, 45,000 people packed Angel Stadium for our Harvest Crusade. So many came that the fire marshal locked the doors. One guy climbed a fence to get in. Why? Not for a concert. Not for a celebrity. For the Gospel. By the end of the night, 5,500 people had made professions of faith in person — and another 1,000 online.
Now, I’ve done these crusades for 35 years. But this year? This felt different.
Gen Z is not supposed to be doing this
The data told us Gen Z was walking away from Christianity. Instead, they’re walking toward it.
Bible sales are up 22%. And it’s not grandma buying them — it’s Gen Z and young adults.
Young men are converting to Christ at higher rates than young women — for the first time ever.
And as Charlie Kirk says, “They don’t want fluff. They want the unfiltered Gospel of Christ crucified and the power of the resurrection.”
This isn’t just church talk. It’s showing up in pop culture:
Two Christian songs (Brandon Lake & Forrest Frank) are on the Billboard Hot 100.
“The Chosen” and “House of David” are topping streaming platforms.
In Southern California, 30,000 people have been baptized in just two years with a direct connection to the Jesus Revolution film that inspired them to do this in the spot where the Jesus movement did it 50 years ago.
If you think that’s a coincidence, you’re not paying attention.
Meet the hopeless generation
Why does this matter? Because Gen Z has been labeled “the hopeless generation.”
42% of high school students report “constant sadness.”
22% have contemplated suicide.
72% use AI “companions” instead of talking to real people.
They have everything technology can offer — and nothing their souls actually need. And then they hear the Gospel — clear, bold, uncompromised — and realize there’s hope. There’s truth. There’s Jesus.
We’ve been here before
This isn’t the first time revival saved us. In 1740, George Whitefield preached to crowds so large Benjamin Franklin guessed his voice carried to 30,000 people. In two years, up to 50,000 colonists came to Christ — out of a population of only 300,000.
That spiritual fire forged the moral DNA of America: rights come from God, not kings.
In 1857, a single businessman, Jeremiah Lanphier, started a prayer meeting in New York City. After the stock market crashed, that prayer meeting exploded — and over a million people came to Christ in two years.
And in the Jesus Movement, I watched it happen with my own eyes. Long-haired kids, broken and searching, found Jesus — and changed the world.
America was born in revival. And if we’re going to survive, we need another one.
What revival really is
We overcomplicate the word “revival.” It’s simple: revival is coming back to life. It’s the worn-out believer rediscovering his first love. It’s the dead church coming alive with Gospel fire. It’s not emotional hype. It’s spiritual reality. Billy Sunday said it best: “They tell me a revival is only temporary. So is a bath. But it does you good.”
But here’s the thing: revival doesn’t end in the pew. When the Spirit fell at Pentecost, the disciples didn’t stay in the upper room — they hit the streets. When Whitefield preached, Benjamin Franklin noted the streets of Philadelphia buzzed with people talking about eternity. Chuck Swindoll said: “Revival does not end in the pew. It moves God’s people into the streets, into the workplace, and into the world with the message of Christ.”
That’s how you know it’s real: it spreads.
Desperate enough?
The roadmap hasn’t changed:
“If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)Notice — it starts with us. Not Washington. Not Hollywood. Not “them.” Us.
Pray. Repent. Move
So, what do we do?
Pray like Elijah. Fervent, desperate, unrelenting.
Confess sin. Agree with God about where we’ve fallen short.
Get in the Word. Saturate your mind with Scripture.
Move, become disciples making disciples. Revival doesn’t stay inside the church — it changes the culture.
As David Jeremiah says: “Revival is the rekindling of a flame. And when the fire is lit, it doesn’t just warm the church — it lights up the world.”
The raindrops are falling. Let’s pray for the downpour.
Article by Greg Laurie. He is the pastor and founder of the Harvest churches in California and Hawaii and Harvest Crusades. He is an evangelist, best-selling author and movie producer. “Jesus Revolution,” a feature film about Laurie’s life from Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company, released in theatres February 24, 2023.
Podcast veteran Joe Rogan, once an atheist, is now attending church. His spiritual trajectory mirrors a broader spiritual revival among Gen Z and young men worldwide. Raised Catholic but long agnostic, Rogan is now rethinking some of life’s biggest questions — and his public platform means millions are along for the ride.
As of this week, The Joe Rogan Experience boasts 14.5 million followers on Spotify, making it by far the most popular podcast on the platform. Of course, since Spotify ended its exclusivity deal with Rogan in a multi-year agreement signed last month, the podcast is also now available on other platforms, including Apple Podcasts. The number only accounts for his Spotify audience, but his reach across platforms is staggering. Joe Rogan’s engagement with Christianity is becoming hard to ignore. Once a self-described atheist, he’s now asking serious questions about Jesus, the soul, and Scripture — often in front of millions.
NEW: Joe Rogan has been attending church, according to Biblical manuscript expert Wesley Huff, who was on Rogan's show 4 months ago.
Huff noted that he is seeing a "resurgence" in interest in Christianity.
In a recent discussion with Michael Kruger, Daniel Wallace and Michael Horton on the Know What You Believe podcast, Huff confirmed, “I can tell you for a fact that he is attending a church, and that has been a consistent thing.”
Huff, who serves as Central Canada Director for Apologetics Canada, said he’s maintained a line of communication with Rogan since their three-hour conversation on Christianity and the Bible. “He’s a very inquisitive individual,” Huff noted, adding that Rogan has been actively seeking out trustworthy sources on Christianity and Scripture.
Rogan’s personal journey is taking place in the midst of a broader, global resurgence of interest in Christianity — especially among Generation Z men.
“We’re seeing somewhat of a resurgence in interest in these topics,” Huff told the Know What You Believe audience, citing evidence both statistical and anecdotal. “We had young people walking into a Christian bookstore saying, ‘I want a Bible. All my friends are reading this thing.’”
The trend to which Huff referred is measurable. According to Barna’s 2025 State of the Church report, weekly church attendance in the US has risen from 28% in 2024 to 32% in 2025, driven primarily by Gen Z and Millennials. Remarkably, young men are now more likely to attend church than their female peers — a reversal of historic patterns.
Similar growth has been observed in the UK. A Bible Society study titled The Quiet Revival reports that regular church attendance has grown by 50% in the past six years, adding two million new attendees. The most dramatic rise has come from 18–24-year-olds, whose church participation jumped from 4% to 16% — with young men increasing from 4% to 21%.
Australia is seeing similar stirrings, though among an older crowd. McCrindle Research’s An Undercurrent of Faith found that from the 2016 to 2021 Census, more than 784,000 Australians shifted from “no religion” to identifying as Christian. Contrary to assumptions, the growth is not fuelled by immigration but by Australian-born citizens — most significantly among those over 55.
A new study reveals a significant shift in religious attitudes among Gen Zers in the United Kingdom, those born in 1997 or later, suggesting a potential revival of faith and increased spiritual questioning. The research found that individuals aged 18-24 exhibit higher levels of religiosity than any other age group.
The study shows that 69% of respondents aged 18-24 believe their faith significantly impacts their lives, compared to only 51% of those older than 65.
Further, 72% of young adults in this age group stated that their religion helps them find purpose in life, a stark contrast to the 47% of those older than 65 who said the same, according to the survey conducted by the Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life and carried out by Whitestone Insight.
One notable aspect of the study, involving over 2,000 U.K. adults, is the diversity and openness among younger believers. It was found that 76% of 18- to 24-year-olds have friends with different faiths or beliefs, suggesting a higher degree of tolerance and acceptance. This contrasts with older generations who are less likely to have diverse friendship groups.
Moreover, 45% of Gen Z respondents expressed openness to changing their religious beliefs, compared to 22% of those older than 65.
The survey also found that Gen Zers are more likely to view faith as a positive force in public life. They support the idea of politicians discussing their faith publicly and believe in the involvement of faith leaders in social and political matters. This contrasts with the overall low confidence in religion as a force for good in society, as only 36% of the general population agreed with this sentiment.
Among religious respondents, 55% saw religion as a positive force, highlighting the generational divide in attitudes toward faith.
Charlotte Littlewood, a senior research associate at IIFL, noted that while the U.K. has been on a general course of secularization legally and politically, British youth increasingly value faith. “The results have shown that whilst legally and politically the U.K. has been on a general course of secularization, British youth are more believing than those half a century their senior,” Littlewood said, according to Christian Today. “Faith is seen of higher value, significance, and impact to Gen Z, compared with previous generations.”
The survey also examines broader societal views on religion.
For instance, while there is general resistance to religion in the workplace and politics, 42% view religion in the workplace positively compared to 41% who disagree. Younger generations see more value in religious discussions in public spheres.
The media’s portrayal of religion also came under scrutiny in the study. A significant 71% of respondents agreed that the media is biased, and 63% did not favor more media coverage of religion. This mistrust suggests a gap between the media’s representation of religion and the public’s experience.
Despite these challenges, the study highlights positive aspects of faith in the U.K. For example, 62% of respondents agreed that Christian heritage is important to the U.K., and there is a perception that the country welcomes religious diversity. Further, 73% of respondents reported having friends of different faiths, indicating strong interfaith relationships.
Faith’s role in education is also seen as crucial by many respondents. The survey found that 61% of participants believe religious education is important in schools, and 80% agree that knowledge of other faiths is essential.
The study’s findings resonate with broader trends observed in the United States and elsewhere.
The Survey Center on American Life noted generational shifts in religious affiliation and participation in the U.S. While young adults in the U.S. are less religiously affiliated than previous generations, those who engage with religion often show a strong commitment to their faith.
A 2023 report in the U.S. revealed that while younger generations of Americans are less religious and less engaged with the Bible than older generations, roughly half credit the Bible’s message for transforming their lives.
The American Bible Society’s State of the Bible USA 2023 report showed that although a higher percentage of Gen Zers identify as agnostics, atheists or “nones” (34%) compared to older generations, 58% of Gen Z respondents identify as Christians.
Despite the lower levels of Scripture engagement among America’s youth, about half of Gen Z respondents agreed with the statement, “The message of the Bible has transformed my life.” Specifically, 49% of Gen Z adults aged 18 to 21 and 52% of those aged 22 to 26 felt the Bible had a transformative effect on their lives.
What a good truth to end the post on “The message of the Bible has transformed my life“. It always will if you spend time in it, and even more so if you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Saviour and received the Holy Spirit. He is your teacher, counsellor, and comforter. He will lead you into all truth.
In this video, Dr. Marco Fasoli who holds a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge uses science to expose the many flaws in Darwin’s theory of evolution. He does it at a level that most people without a background in science will understand.
From my standpoint, I believe that evolution has been Satan’s most successful strategy. It has taken two generations away from God. At schools and universities, Gen Z and Gen Alpha, have been taught that evolution from “goo to you” not creation by an omnipotent designer is how the Cosmos came to exist.
A new documentary, “Brainwashed: The Indoctrination of America’s Youth,” warns that public schools promote a “godless” agenda. It calls on parents and churches to “wake up” and help today’s youth develop a biblical worldview. The godless, evolutionary worldview has been taught in schools and universities increasingly since the late 1960s (the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Epperson v. Arkansas (1968) that Arkansas‘s law prohibiting the teaching of evolution was in violation of the First Amendment)
In an interview with The Christian Post, Coral Ridge Ministries CEO Robert J. Pacienza said the documentary’s target audience includes parents, grandparents, and “anyone concerned about the next generation.”
Pacienza told CP the documentary took about a year to make. He said he was inspired to make the film after seeing various reports about the messages America’s youth receive not only through social media and the entertainment industry but also at public schools and college campuses.
According to a report the advocacy group Parents Defending Education released last year, more than 1,000 school districts, representing 18,335 schools with more than 10.7 million students, have policies that permit or advise faculty to withhold information from parents about their child’s gender confusion.
Another study released last year found that around 3,600 individuals between the ages of 12 and 18 underwent body-disfiguring gender transition surgeries across the United States between 2016 and 2020.
In addition to raising concerns about what schools are teaching kids about gender, the documentary discusses school curricula centered on social-emotional learning, which some experts featured in the film argued is used to push “left-wing politics” in the classroom.
The documentary notes that while schools promote politics and social justice topics, many students fail at fundamental subjects like reading, writing, and math.
“I just thought we needed something that is waking people up to what is happening,” Pacienza told CP.
Pacienza said that one of the documentary’s goals is to provide parents with “real action steps” in response to what he described as “propaganda” from the progressive left. These steps might include limiting kids’ exposure to digital devices and having more conversations with them around the dinner table.
“So it’s not just a documentary that exposes the problem, but it also gives Christian parents and Christian grandparents and any Christian in America that cares about the next generation real tools and resources to help them fight against this godless agenda that’s targeting the youth in America,” Pacienza said.
Sadly, the documentary does not address the issue of evolution and billions of years which contradicts the Bible’s history of 6000 years. The worldwide flood of Noah’s day produced the fossils: billions of dead things all over the world, including fossil fuels. It did not need billions of years.
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