If you’re in your 20s or 30s and you’ve walked away from church — or you’re hanging on by a thread — you’re not the exception. You’re the majority.
Studies consistently show that young adults are leaving the church at higher rates than any previous generation. And the reasons they give are not laziness or rebellion. They are legitimate, thoughtful critiques that deserve honest engagement. At Redirection City in Norcross, GA, we’ve taken those critiques seriously.
‘It Felt Irrelevant to My Actual Life’
This is the most common reason young adults in Gwinnett County give for leaving church. The services felt disconnected from the world they actually live in — the career pressure, the relationship complexity, the financial stress, the cultural questions they navigate every day.
At Redirection City, every message starts with the question: what does the person sitting in that seat actually need to hear this week? We believe the Bible speaks to every aspect of real life — and we teach it that way.
‘I Felt Judged for My Questions’
Young adults ask hard questions — about faith, suffering, science, the church’s history. Too many churches respond with suspicion rather than engagement. At Redirection City, your questions are not just tolerated — they are welcomed. We don’t have neat answers to every hard question, but we are committed to sitting in that discomfort together.
‘The Community Felt Surface-Level’
Young adults in Norcross and Peachtree Corners are craving depth in relationships. They have hundreds of social media connections and very few people who actually know them. Redirection City invests heavily in small groups and authentic community because we know Sunday morning alone is not enough.
‘It Didn’t Look Like the World I Live In’
Norcross and Peachtree Corners are among the most diverse communities in Georgia. Young adults who grew up in that diversity find it jarring to walk into a completely homogeneous church. Redirection City is intentionally building a diverse community that reflects the Gwinnett County we actually live in.
‘The Church Seemed More Interested in My Attendance Than My Life’
Young adults can smell inauthenticity immediately. At Redirection City, we measure success not by how many people showed up on Sunday but by whether the people in our community are experiencing real transformation and contributing meaningfully to the world around them.
What’s Different at Redirection City
We are a non-denominational, contemporary church in Norcross built with young adults in mind — not as an afterthought, but as a core part of our vision. If you’ve given up on church because of any of the reasons above, we’d ask for one Sunday. Come with your skepticism intact. Ask your hard questions. See if it feels different.
📍 Give It One Sunday → redirectioncity.org — We Can Handle Your Questions
You haven’t given up on faith. You’ve given up on church experiences that didn’t deserve your faith. Come see what different looks like. 