Unity must now be defined by the consistent practice of a centered set composed of the mission, purpose, and core values of the church. Because the workplace is increasingly diverse in race, ethnicity, gender, and generation, many laypersons from younger generations will see this as normal or typical and look for church relationships that mirror these same diverse characteristics. At the same time, within the same church, people will still congregate most with people who share similar cultural values. So the diversity of a church will not necessarily be a melting pot, but a mosaic. It is likely that a diversity of worshiping communities might exist within the same church, but the symbol of oneness will be primarily in fellowship experiences and involvement in cross-cultural ministry projects.
Teamwork is the mantra of flat as opposed to hierarchical organizations.
It is even extremely popular in some churches. Younger generations will have to be convinced about teams. Their involvement with teams will generally come about through self-organizing patterns rather than being assigned to a team by task or skill. If Nexters find themselves most comfortable in large organizations, then a larger percentage of churches will need to have an attendance of 750 or more in the future. This is the size required to offer a full variety of relationship experiences and programmatic emphases.