With their infants, these young adults carry high standards of child care and low levels of denominational loyalty. Their judgments about nursery quality take no prisoners. If the nursery fails to meet their expectations, they shop elsewhere next Sunday. If the congregation has already moved to a worship music style that meets the spiritual needs of Boomers, connecting with Busters is a short step. More than any recent generation, Busters want to connect with the love of God through the sense of community and intimacy that grows in a spiritually focused group.
Busters tend to ignore institutions built on hierarchical authority systems.
They prefer to give volunteer time to ministry teams whose members continually shape the group's priorities and efforts. Their Boomer parents questioned, confronted, and argued with authority figures. Like their Boomer parents, they are quite individualistic in their idealism and convictions, but they articulate them less loudly. Therefore, church leaders who do not work hard at hearing their opinions never do. Busters like a religion that speaks to the practicalities of life.