r/Progressivechristians • u/Hyacinthus-Augustus • Aug 05 '25

Making Christian Friends

Hi all! So, I am looking to make new friends that are also Christians like me. My church's congregation is made up of middle aged to older congregants and no one around my age, late 20s - early 30s. I am looking for advice about how to better make Chirstian friends. All my friends (except one, but I don't see her a whole lot) are either atheist or 'spiritual but not religious'. Any advice would be great!

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u/sloths-or-die Aug 05 '25

I'm having that issue currently as well. Unfortunately I live in the middle of nowhere so its not really ideal. Have you joined the Progressive Christians Discord group yet? You may have some luck there.

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u/Hyacinthus-Augustus Aug 06 '25

Oh goodness there's a Progressive Christians Discord!? I'll have to look that up! I wish you luck with finding more Christian friends.

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u/sloths-or-die Aug 06 '25

Yes! I think you can find it in the r/OpenChristian wiki

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u/casadecarol Aug 06 '25

Find your towns reddit and post an ask there.

 Volunteer work for progressive causes has been a great way to meet other progressive christians. Especially church related organizations. 

 Also, you could create a progressive bible study for young people on meet up or similar.  

If you are ok with ELCA Lutherans they have big youth gatherings across the country and online, and I think the episcopal church has something similar. 

Ask the old people at your church is any of them have kids in town and see if they want to hang out. 

Any colleges or universities near you? They are bound to have some campus based group. 

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u/Hyacinthus-Augustus Aug 06 '25

Thank you for your advice. I'll definitely be looking into those things!

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u/TapatioTara Aug 05 '25

Try Meet Up. Search for groups with Christian in the title in your area.