'Lost Generation' Learns the Value of 'The Power of One'

COLORAD SPRINGS, Colo. -- All change, revolutions, and major movements in history began with just one voice – one person bold enough to be heard and followed.

That notion is the inspiration for The Power of One conference in Colorado Springs.

One woman, Susan B. Anthony, pioneered the women's suffrage movement, paving the way for women to vote.

"She had like that warring inside of her, but nevertheless she still was willing to push forward and fight for something that we get to appreciate today a lot!" one pastor who attended the conference said.

It was also one woman, Mother Teresa, who followed God's call to help the poor, changing lives forever.

"As far as Mother Teresa goes it is so exciting," NextGen Pastor Zach Yocum told CBN News. "Like, you don't have to do a lot of things, but God wants us to live outside of this building. He wants us to live outside of what our comfort zone might look like."

"God wants us to live outside of what the normal looks like," he continued. "And so we don't have to do a lot of things, but it's an opportunity to show love that a lot of people don't ever get to experience ever!"

"Maybe we think, 'When I am 25, when I'm 30, when I'm 35 or when I'm 50,' and we forget that God is not looking for someone of a certain age – He's looking for the willing vessel," historian Tim Barton explained.

CBN News spoke with Millennials attending the conference who are hoping to find their voice.

"Hearing these stories makes me feel like I have to do them now, but learning that I need to be faithful in the small things, that I have now in order for me to move into those big things that eventually will come," Celeste Riofrio, 22, told CBN News.

Likewise, historians, professors and pastors here want to nurture new voices to take the lead in proclaiming God's plan for America.

"People are looking for stable relationships," Dr. Alex McFarland, at North Greenville University, said. "Often times we call this, the 18 to 30-year-olds, the Lost Generation because it's like even those raised in church -- goodbye high school, goodbye God, goodbye youth group."

"And yet they come limping back to the Church in their late 20s, but it's a generation looking for stability -- not only in what they believe but in the relationships in their lives, and Christianity gives that guarantees that in spades," he said.

The common thread running through this Power of One conference is the question 'What can I do?'

"Jesus specifically said, 'Blessed are the peacemakers.' He never said, 'Blessed are the peacekeepers,'" Yocum noted. "And so what does that look like? The power of one - be a peacemaker, be willing to open up and have a conversation with somebody."

"Be willing to have friends with people you wouldn't be friends with, would be willing to talk to you, wouldn't be willing to talk to you - taking those steps makes you a peacemaker instead of just peacekeeper," he continued.

"Peacekeepers will never talk about anything and ultimately never see anything accomplished, but a peacemaker changes the world," he concluded.

Who knows who will be the next person to change the world forever? According to the Power of One organizers, all it takes is one voice, one vision, one movement under one nation for God.