Ircel Harrison has a pedigree, but as far as I can tell, his name doesn't come up in any lists of experts on the subject of attracting young people into the church. He is a professional consultant in the area of "leadership development" primarily focused in "leadership coaching" but I don't see anything in his pedigree to qualify him as an expert, or to demonstrate any expertise in the area of reaching and keeping younger people in the church. He doesn't even claim that expertise for himself. It looks like he was enough of an insider in the Tennessee Baptist Convention to have the friends he needed in CBF to make a successful career transition. Beyond that, he is clearly a CBF insider on the same level as Mason and Paynter, which clearly established the bias from which he writes.
But talking about Harrison is a diversion. He names four specific areas which CBF "must" address under its new leadership. Authentic discipleship and worship-related issues are pretty general. Is this a call, from an influential position, for CBF to drop its policy against hiring gay and lesbian employees? Is it a call to become completely welcoming and affirming? Is universalism a de-facto faith statement of the CBF?
BTW, Ed, I would be glad to list my "pedigree" for you, along with my work experience.