15 Reasons Why I Left the Church - Reason One

Rachel Held Evans - Gives 15 reasons she left the church at age 27 -
Reason #1 I left the church because I’m better at planning Bible studies than baby showers...but they only wanted me to plan baby showers. 


To the older generations: We have to provide opportunities for leadership positions for young people in the church.  If we have a leadership position we need to take a young person under our wings and help them feel like they have a role and a spiritual impact on the church.  We can't wait until they have it all figured out. 
To the younger generations: You have to step up and lead or you will get bored.  If the Kingdom of God is not God using your gifts and talents to impact the church and the world you won't ever be satisfied with the church.  


The church has to get back to its spiritual roots. Too often we are about programs instead of creating a space for people to encounter the Living God.  Too often we trust in our own abilities and in the leadership models of the world to run the church.  Jesus Christ is the one and only head of the one true church.  We follow Jesus leadership when we follow the winds of the Spirit of God.  The youth of the our church will never be satisfied with church as normal, only church as empowered and controlled by the mysterious wind of the Holy Spirit.  We have to learn to hear the Spirit's voice and follow the Spirit's lead.  We have to live in expectation the the most powerful source known to man lives within us and longs to transform our lives, our communities and the world.  


What do you think?  How can we further address this issue as a church today?