In the Summer/2009 issue of Leadership Journal, John Ortberg observes in an article titled "The Gap: The Fractured World of Multi-Generational Church Leadership": "When it comes to generations working together, the question of control is never more than about a micron below the surface."
Ortberg goes on to pose this question, "What generation has primary control in your church, and what has been the impact on the other generations in the church?"