text: Cherrytree,
  
  You don't see as many young people because Adventists in North America and Europe don't have many children. And too many of those young people don't get married and they are uncomfortable coming to church as something less than an intact family.   Natural organic church growth in North America is steep decline, but it has little to do with doctrine or church governance.
  
  The Adventist church is full of young people and I believe it is the fastest growing Christian denomination in the world. So it really is a question about what is different 'here.' Our young people will never really feel comfortable in church outside a nuclear family - I suspect that was always the case - even one hundred years ago.  The difference now is marriage and children are not very popular; no, not even expected of young people any longer.