Yet we expect them to then influence the people they interact with. Every mission society with young people will experience the shift in attitude towards authority. To teens, authority is earned, not given to a position. OM can offer a lot to today's teens because of the team concept. We need to concentrate more on fewer people, in the same way Jesus did with His twelve.
Quality takes time.
OM has 'done' a lot of evangelism around the world over the years. It's easy to become comfortable with 'what we do' and fail to see the effectiveness of who we are. A major emphasis in your teaching is the Fatherhood of God. In many Western countries, half of the teens we'll meet are from broken homes. It's very difficult, especially if, like me, your own father was very good.