What many church leaders have suspected for a long time has now been proven—the number of persons under the age of 35 graduating from seminary and entering ordained ministry in mainline churches has declined precipitously in recent years.

Weems and Michel explain their own groundbreaking studies into the crisis of younger clergy and chart a path for both younger persons considering ordained ministry and the congregations they would serve.

• Helps equip church leaders to lead congregations who are experiencing a shortage in younger clergy
• Approaches the problem from multiple perspectives, including how to recruit young people into ministry
• Built on important research into the decline of younger clergy in mainline Protestant churches