We must increase our ecumenical connections and work together to keep our young people. We have to listen to young people's ideas. We must make them feel at home. The Mennonite churches in North America are full of rich old people. That reality, Krisetya believes, threatens another development he sees in Mennonite churches everywhere.
Mission now depends on lay persons rather than clergy.
The role of the pastor has changed from being primarily an evangelist to being primarily an equipper of lay members. Otherwise you will continue to decline. It is a word of encouragement, offered as a brother. Phyllis Pellman Good, Lancaster, PA, USA, is assistant editor of Courier.