We pay people to do our own work for us. The enculturation model for Christian nurture comes from a very different value system.
Efficiency is only helpful when it facilitates an inclusive community.
We have found,that, in congregations where the The Whole People of God vision is fully embraced, children, youth and adults develop and grow in the faith by being involved as full members of the community. It has been discovered that faith too develops and grows in unexpected ways as we receive gifts of ministry from children in our midst. We are all raised in a culture that acts as if children are not important until they become adults. We all have to constantly and compassionately correct ourselves when we find ourselves acting in the old way. We have to consciously act differently until new habits are formed.