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This week, my wife, Marty, and I had the honor of attending a church planter's retreat sponsored by the Converge Northwest District and held at the beautiful Cannon Beach Christian Conference Center on the rugged Pacific coast in northern Oregon. Read on to discover just a small amount of what was seen and heard at that relaxed gathering. Maybe you and your church can learn from my observations.
For some time I have been thinking about what pastors from the Millennial Generation need to understand and accept. It's difficult to generalize generational behavior when speaking about a particular group of younger pastors, but after studying, observing, and helping to place millennial pastors, I will take a risk and state my observations. My hope in doing this is to not only help this group of pastors, but also to help the multigenerational churches they want to serve. What follows is a starter list of my observations and ideas.
In my opinion, there are a number of things that have gone missing in churches today. In some churches, they have never been present. In others, they once existed but have slowly disappeared over the last number of years. Read on to discover more about what might be missing in your church.