Formal to Genuine. While Generation X is often attracted by the mystical, I still believe that even mystical subjects need to be addressed with authentic methods and messages. No one wants something plastic or artificial. Theses changes may be a pendulum that swings back in a few years with the next group of adults that enter and influence the church programming. Unfortunately, it's not the news director who determines whether to hire a meteorologist or a clown.
Viewers vote with their remotes on who is hired and fired in TV news.
Worse, the Christian book publishers also use reader preferences to determine what and whom they publish. In the same way, I suspect it's the people in the pews who determine the style of the preaching. You are free to transmit, duplicate or distribute this article for non-profit use without permission.