According to data just released by LifeWay Research, Southern Baptist membership will fall nearly 50 percent by 2050 unless the aging denomination reverses a 50-year trend and does more to reach out to young adults. According to Ed Stetzer, director of LifeWay Research, “The difference in the mean age of Southern Baptists versus the U.S. population shows SBC members older, especially since 1993.”

via www.serioustimes.com

This is so integral to any strategy development we might consider. We have to relate to the young.

Not only is their participation essential to our survival, their ideas are fresh and vital to making us authentic.

Jesus is building His own church, but He is using the next generation to do so.