The Rebelution
Encyclopedia
The Rebelution is a Christian
ministry
/organization
directed at youth, describing itself as "a teenage rebellion against the low expectations of an ungodly culture." It was founded in August 2005 by now 22-year-old twin brothers Alex and Brett Harris, younger brothers of best-selling author and pastor Joshua Harris
.
Originally just a blog, the Rebelution movement has since grown to include a website and international speaking tour. Since its launch in August 2005, the Rebelution website has received over 32 million hits, with members around the world. The Rebelution Tour is a series of one-day conferences for teens and parents. The June 15, 2009 cover story of ESPN The Magazine
is titled "Do Hard Things", focusing on rebelutionary Zac Sunderland
who became the youngest person to ever complete a solo boat journey around the world.
and Start Here, which have higher sales figures on Amazon.com
's teen sales list than Twilight
.
, CNN
, NPR, and The New York Times
. They were supporters of the campaign
of Mike Huckabee
. Their father is Gregg Harris
, a figure in the Christian homeschooling
movement. They also co-wrote their book, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
. They are currently juniors at Patrick Henry College
in Purcellville, Virginia
. Alex married Courtney Edmonds January 2, 2010.
aimed at Christian teenagers, gathering quantitative and qualitative answers of what Christian boys consider to be immodesty
. Hundreds of Christian females submitted questions to the 148-question survey. It has been answered by over 1,500 Christian males, who have submitted 150,000+ answers, including 25,000 text responses. This was done over a 20-day period in January 2007. It has been endorsed by Shaunti Feldhahn
, R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
, C. J. Mahaney
, and Joshua Harris
, among others. Sociological Images, among others, criticized the survey for having a sexist bias, such as treating modesty as something that pertains only to girls, and immodesty as something that boys get to define..
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
ministry
Christian ministry
In Christianity, ministry is an activity carried out by Christians to express or spread their faith. 2003's Encyclopedia of Christianity defines it as "carrying forth Christ's mission in the world", indicating that it is "conferred on each Christian in baptism." It is performed by all Christians...
/organization
Organization
An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...
directed at youth, describing itself as "a teenage rebellion against the low expectations of an ungodly culture." It was founded in August 2005 by now 22-year-old twin brothers Alex and Brett Harris, younger brothers of best-selling author and pastor Joshua Harris
Joshua Harris
Joshua Eugene Harris is an American pastor and author, perhaps most widely known as the author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye , in which he explains what he believes to be the biblical approach to dating and relationships.He is currently senior pastor of Covenant Life Church, the founding church of...
.
Originally just a blog, the Rebelution movement has since grown to include a website and international speaking tour. Since its launch in August 2005, the Rebelution website has received over 32 million hits, with members around the world. The Rebelution Tour is a series of one-day conferences for teens and parents. The June 15, 2009 cover story of ESPN The Magazine
ESPN The Magazine
ESPN The Magazine is a bi-weekly sports magazine published by the ESPN sports network in Bristol, Connecticut in the United States. The first issue was published on March 11, 1998....
is titled "Do Hard Things", focusing on rebelutionary Zac Sunderland
Zac Sunderland
Zachary Tristan "Zac" Sunderland is an American sailor who was the first person under the age of 18 to sail solo around the world. Sunderland completed his trip after 13 months and 2 days at sea on July 16, 2009 at age 17...
who became the youngest person to ever complete a solo boat journey around the world.
About
At age 16, Alex and Brett Harris wanted to be movie producers . Instead, they started a blog called "the Rebelution", which described itself as a rebellion against low expectations set by the secular world. They have published two books for Christian teenagers, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low ExpectationsDo Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations is a popular Christian book authored by Alex and Brett Harris, founders of The Rebelution...
and Start Here, which have higher sales figures on Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
's teen sales list than Twilight
Twilight (novel)
Twilight is a young-adult vampire-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. It is the first book of the Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan, who moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire,...
.
Alex and Brett Harris
Alex and Brett Harris have been featured nationally on MSNBCMSNBC
MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
, CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, NPR, and The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. They were supporters of the campaign
Mike Huckabee presidential campaign, 2008
Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas, announced his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination for the 2008 presidential election in the United States on January 28, 2007...
of Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
Michael "Mike" Dale Huckabee is an American politician who served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate in the 2008 United States Republican presidential primaries, finishing second in delegate count and third in both popular vote and number of states won . He won...
. Their father is Gregg Harris
Gregg Harris
Gregg Eugene Harris was a figure in the Christian homeschooling movement from 1981 through the mid-1990s and now serves as a teaching elder at Gresham Household of Faith, which serves as an experiment in local church reform...
, a figure in the Christian homeschooling
Homeschooling
Homeschooling or homeschool is the education of children at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school...
movement. They also co-wrote their book, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations is a popular Christian book authored by Alex and Brett Harris, founders of The Rebelution...
. They are currently juniors at Patrick Henry College
Patrick Henry College
Patrick Henry College is a private, independent college with Evangelical Christian basis that focuses on teaching classical liberal arts and government, located in Purcellville, Virginia, United States The first college in the United States founded specifically for Christian home-schooled...
in Purcellville, Virginia
Purcellville, Virginia
Purcellville is a town in the Loudoun Valley of Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,584 at the 2000 census, but has undergone considerable growth since then. Purcellville is the major population center for western Loudoun and the Loudoun Valley...
. Alex married Courtney Edmonds January 2, 2010.
The Modesty Survey
The Modesty Survey was an anonymous surveyStatistical survey
Survey methodology is the field that studies surveys, that is, the sample of individuals from a population with a view towards making statistical inferences about the population using the sample. Polls about public opinion, such as political beliefs, are reported in the news media in democracies....
aimed at Christian teenagers, gathering quantitative and qualitative answers of what Christian boys consider to be immodesty
Modesty
Standards of modesty are aspects of the culture of a country or people, at a given point in time, and is a measure against which an individual in society may be judged....
. Hundreds of Christian females submitted questions to the 148-question survey. It has been answered by over 1,500 Christian males, who have submitted 150,000+ answers, including 25,000 text responses. This was done over a 20-day period in January 2007. It has been endorsed by Shaunti Feldhahn
Shaunti Feldhahn
Shaunti Feldhahn is the best-selling author of For Women Only: What You Need to Know About the Inner Lives of Men, which has sold 1 million copies in 15 different languages since 2004...
, R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Mohler's approach to Muslims is driven by his belief in the relevance of the Christian Gospel to all people.-Media appearances:Mohler appeared on MSNBC's Donahue on August 20, 2002. The subject was Christian evangelization of Jews...
, C. J. Mahaney
C. J. Mahaney
Charles Joseph Mahaney is the former leader of Sovereign Grace Ministries , a network formed to establish and support local churches, and was one of the founding pastors and leaders of Covenant Life Church, in Gaithersburg, Maryland.-Selected publications:* Why Small Groups?* Disciplines for Life*...
, and Joshua Harris
Joshua Harris
Joshua Eugene Harris is an American pastor and author, perhaps most widely known as the author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye , in which he explains what he believes to be the biblical approach to dating and relationships.He is currently senior pastor of Covenant Life Church, the founding church of...
, among others. Sociological Images, among others, criticized the survey for having a sexist bias, such as treating modesty as something that pertains only to girls, and immodesty as something that boys get to define..
External links
- The Rebelution – official website
- The Rebelution at FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
- Addicted to Adultescence by Alex and Brett Harris
- Interview with Alex and Brett Harris at ChristianBook.com
- Think Big! HS Twins Tell Peers from the New York Daily News
- HICKS: Teens not with 'stupid' from The Washington TimesThe Washington TimesThe Washington Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It was founded in 1982 by Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, and until 2010 was owned by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate associated with the...