City to City Europe

Reaching the Scroll Generation: Discipling Gen Z & Alpha

Breakout Session
14:00 - 15:00
, November 18
November 18

How do you create programmes for a generation suspicious of anything that sounds like… a programme? How do you capture the hearts of people who think a 90-second video feels like a commitment? The answer isn’t to panic — it’s to adapt Gen Z and α are hungry for truth, longing for connection, and more open to the gospel than you might think. But they won’t be reached through yesterday’s models. In this workshop, we’ll explore how to rethink church programmes to be more fluid, creative, and responsive — meeting young people where they’re at and equipping them to use their gifts for God’s glory. Expect practical ideas, open conversation, and fresh inspiration for discipling the emerging generation.

About the speaker

Ralph Cunnington

Ralph Cunnington

Ralph is the planter and pastor of City Church Manchester, which launched in 2014. The church has 47 nationalities and 75% of its regular attenders are Gen Z or Alpha. He is the director of the Northern Gospel Project, an initiative to establish 30 healthy gospel churches in Greater Manchester by 2030. Ralph authored "Perfect Unity" (2024) and "Preaching with Spiritual Power" (2016). He lives in Manchester city centre with his wife Anna and their three teenage children.

Ralph is the planter and pastor of City Church Manchester, which launched in 2014. The church has 47 nationalities and 75% of its regular attenders are Gen Z or Alpha. He is the director of the Northern Gospel Project, an initiative to establish 30 healthy gospel churches in Greater Manchester by 2030. Ralph authored "Perfect Unity" (2024) and "Preaching with Spiritual Power" (2016). He lives in Manchester city centre with his wife Anna and their three teenage children.

Ralph Cunnington
Ralph Cunnington