By Movieguide® Staff
Ignite NextGen launched a free digital guide called “From Scroll to Soul” on May 19, designed to help Gen Z believers share their faith on the same platforms that already swallow hours of their day.
“Many young Christians want to talk about their faith, but they feel pressure to sound perfect or polished before they write and post,” IgniteAmerica Founder and President Barry Meguiar said in announcing the new resource. “‘From Scroll to Soul’ gives them practical encouragement to start where they are, engage online naturally and trust God to work through ordinary conversations.”
The initiative comes from IgniteAmerica, the Phoenix-based evangelism movement Meguiar founded to spark revival across the country. It treats social media as a mission field, not a distraction.
The math is striking. A March 2026 Lifeway Research study found that 27% of churchgoers have not shared their faith story with anyone in the past six months. Meanwhile, Springtide Research Institute reports that 94% of Gen Z use at least one social media platform daily.
Put plainly: the audience is already there. The believers just aren’t talking.
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“From Scroll to Soul” tries to close that gap with platform-specific tips for TikTok, Instagram and Threads, a seven-day Faith Creator Challenge and a “What’s Your Faith Sharing Voice” quiz. It also includes a section on spiritual boundaries — practical guardrails for emotional and mental health online.
“This isn’t a sermon. It’s a playbook,” the guide reads. “God will use your feed to reach hearts.”
Meguiar is the third-generation president of Meguiar’s Car Wax and the longtime host of Discovery’s CAR CRAZY, which aired for 18 years. He has since redirected that platform toward evangelism, hosting the daily “Ignite with Barry Meguiar” radio segment on more than 800 Christian stations across 47 states.
“Young people are already spending hours every day online, building relationships and influencing conversations,” Meguiar said. “Ignite NextGen is helping them recognize they can use those same platforms to share hope, truth and the message of Jesus in ways that are authentic and personal.”
The guide pushes back against the polished-influencer aesthetic that has, in many ways, made young believers anxious about sounding “Christian” online. Its premise is simpler than the algorithm wants: God already wired your voice and personality, so you don’t need to copy somebody else’s to point people to Jesus.
That fits a generation Movieguide® has covered closely. Barna research now shows Gen Z adults attend church an average of 1.9 weekends per month — more than the national adult average — and the American Bible Society has tracked years of rising scripture interest among the same age bracket.
“There’s an army of young people rising up,” Unitus founder Tonya Prewett told Fox News.
For Christian parents, “From Scroll to Soul” is the rare resource that takes social media seriously without treating it as the enemy. It asks teens to be thoughtful about screens — the spiritual-boundary tools are there for a reason — while also handing them a vocabulary for using those same screens with purpose.
That balance matters. Movieguide® has covered the growing case for phone breaks and more screen-time discipline for adults and kids alike, and both can coexist with what Ignite NextGen is proposing: less mindless scrolling, more intentional witness.
The free guide is available at igniteamerica.com/nextgen. No paywall, no sign-up gate — just download, read and start where you are.
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