A pair of 20-something social media influencers are combining their clout with their faith in a push to turn Gen Z into a new generation of Jesus freaks. Ally Yost and Ashley Hetherington last year launched a YouTube series, Jesus Freaks, that follows their lives as two Christian women living in Los Angeles, navigating faith, friendships, and culture in a city not exactly known for biblical values. It’s been streamed more than one million times — an impressive number that was born out of their combined 5 million followers across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram.
Yost and Hetherington shared their testimony this month on CBN’s 700 Club, saying they wanted to see a faith presence on a specific genre — reality TV — that is often dominated by raunch.
“Growing up, I would watch these shows where people would be partying and doing things that were not godly,” Hetherington told CBN. “And I would go, ‘Okay, when I grow up, I’m going to do that because that’s what you do.’ And so the Lord put a burden on my heart for this next gen, because they don’t have much to look to, except for what culture is saying.”
God “downloaded” the idea to Hetherington’s heart, she said, to launch a…
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