European Identity and Spiritual Interest Today - Julia Garschagen interviews Luke Greenwood

Secularism has marked the European identity with loneliness, sexual brokenness, and a lack of purpose. This is a generation that does not look to the Church for answers, but believes it to be irrelevant to their lives. Many are apathetic, cynical, and even hostile to the gospel. Yet at the same time we see Europeans fighting for equality, justice, human rights, a sustainable planet, and a set of values that ultimately has its roots in Christianity, even if many no longer recognise this. There is also an incredible spiritual hunger among people, especially in times of crisis. This desire for a better world and this search for answers are great opportunities to share Jesus in a fresh and relevant way to a continent that desperately needs God.

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Luke Greenwood is British by birth, grew up in Brazil, and now lives in Wroclaw, Poland, with his wife Ania and their two children. He serves as the European Director for Steiger, a mission dedicated to reaching the Global Youth Culture for Jesus. Together with the Steiger Europe team, Luke has helped develop an evangelistic and discipleship movement in over 30 cities across Europe in the past 5 years, and prays for dynamic missionary teams reaching secular culture in every major European city. Luke wrote a book called Global Youth Culture: The Spiritual Hunger of the Largest Unreached Culture Today, which came out in 2019.

Julia Garschagen is a theologian and serves as the director of the Pontes Institut for Science, Culture and Faith in the German-speaking region. She speaks at universities and in business contexts across Europe and loves to be in dialogue about a faith that is both intellectually credible and existentially satisfying. Julia co-leads the biggest evangelistic youth outreach in the German-speaking world and teaches apologetics at a theological seminary. She is also co-founder of the charity Dios te ve, which helps young people in Peru to get a higher education. Julia lives in Cologne, Germany and loves the mountains.

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