For the most part, we are completely upside-down in knowing how to engage the next generation. It really is an epidemic. I'm convinced that Millenials are actually offended if all we will offer them is a seat at the table. Until we are willing to listen and be led by these bright young minds, they will not feel engaged in a church body. That generation does not just want to be welcomed.... they want to have a voice.... and it must be a voice of influence and not just a token vote. How many CRCs have an Elder under 30? How many CRCs can't fathom ever having a 20-something Elder in their midst? Until this upside-down mindset changes, the church will continue to bleed out an entire generation.
Posted in: The Gap: Young Adult Leadership
For the most part, we are completely upside-down in knowing how to engage the next generation. It really is an epidemic. I'm convinced that Millenials are actually offended if all we will offer them is a seat at the table. Until we are willing to listen and be led by these bright young minds, they will not feel engaged in a church body. That generation does not just want to be welcomed.... they want to have a voice.... and it must be a voice of influence and not just a token vote. How many CRCs have an Elder under 30? How many CRCs can't fathom ever having a 20-something Elder in their midst? Until this upside-down mindset changes, the church will continue to bleed out an entire generation.