Esther Fleece, who has spearheaded Focus on the Family's outreach to millennials since 2009, announced yesterday (Sept. 10) that she is "parting ways" with the Colorado Springs-based ministry because it is eliminating her position.

"This is a hard one for me," Fleece wrote on her website. "To everything there is a season, and I have been fortunate to have spent most of my twenties with Focus on the Family. We have accomplished much..."

Focus made the "difficult decision" to end Fleece's role as an assistant to president Jim Daly after having "accomplished in the short run what we'd hoped to achieve," wrote Daly in a public letter. (Full text at bottom)

"We have had good success in connecting with [millennials] and are far ahead of where we thought we'd be at this time ... encouraging younger Christians to take a second, comprehensive look at Focus on the Family," he said.

CT reported on Fleece's millennial outreach in a recent cover story on Focus's efforts to survive and thrive after the ...

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