Lester Johnson ’s faith crisis started in high school during a moment of national vulnerability. It would take years for it to reach a conclusion during his college years. Dave and Lynn Stewart , on the other hand, were content to go through the stages of life believing in God but holding him at a distance. It would take a faltering marriage and the pressures of raising children to push them toward life-changing - and career-altering - decisions.

At an early age, Pam O’Brien walked away from the church of her childhood. She has never looked back. Chris and Janna Dyals , meanwhile, can’t remember a time they weren’t actively involved in church. Faith matters have been embedded in the fabric of their lives. When it comes to journeys of faith, the various paths taken by baby boomers - that generation of 77 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 - have been as individualized as every other facet of their lives.

By the 1960s, when boomers were coming of age, their searches for spiritual significance led to movements in the cultural landscape that have ranged from the emergence of ” Jesus People ” on the West Coast and “mega” churches to Catholic Masses in one’s native tongue. So how has this generation of cultural revolutionaries changed the way we worship today? ‘Heaven on Their Minds’ Some called it revival. A watershed moment in the evangelical movement amid the counter-culture of the 1960s and ’70s.

Others say, as an era, it launched the birth of contemporary Christian music. By 1971, Look magazine had declared “The Jesus Movement is Upon Us.” There’s no denying the impact events and groups such as the charismatic movement or the Jesus People made on America ’s religious landscape.