Read the post, Scenario Thinking: Can you see the future? HERE for the context on this scenario and the ones to come…
Scenario # 1 — Deflation
Youth
ministries
shrink
as
seniors,
then
juniors
then
sophomores
begin
to
opt
out.
What
will
it
take
to
engage high
school
students
in
2014?
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