Is there hope to reach the First post-Christian generation in the history of our culture?

Today's Baby Busters, or Generation X as some call them, often feel distrustful of science, disillusioned with religion, let down by parents, and manipulated by the media. No wonder they have been described as hopeless. Yet many are searching for spiritual reality. Todd Hahn and David Verhaagen, both members of Generation X, provide an insightful description of their generation, a prescription for reaching them for Christ, and the implications this has for Christians and their churches.

Leighton Ford says, "Reckless Hope is a fine sociological analysis of the so-called Buster generation. But it does something far more daring-it asserts unapologetically that theology and not just methodology and marketing is crucial if pre-Christian Busters are to be intersected with new hope. Reckless Hope should be read by those of any age and all generations who want to introduce the God of hope to those who will inherit the coming millennium."

Todd Hahn serves on the pastoral staff of Forest Hill Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is part of the team leading that church's ministry to Generation X.

David Verhaagen is a licensed psychologist who conducts individual and family therapy in Charlotte.