Reprinted with permission from Metro Lutheran, October 2007
Tribal Church, Ministering to the Missing Generation, Carol Howard Merritt, 2007. 164 pages. Paperback. $17. The Alban Institute, Herndon, VA, www.alban.org
Sometimes congregations invite outsiders to give them an evaluation of their effectiveness in ministry. Usually the person on the "outside" will ask, "Do you think of yourselves as an open, welcoming congregation, or a closed one?"
Every congregation on the planet thinks it's friendly and welcoming. Then why do so many visitors not come back? Carol Howard Merritt asks this question concerning young adults who disappear from the pews. Why are they the "missing generation" and how can Christian congregations welcome them back?
Read this book. Work through the study questions. Then make a plan.
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