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How do we draw Millennials to church?

I wish I knew the whole answer to this question but here are a few things I've been thinking about: First read my Personal Disclaimer: I wrote this post for people who merely want to have as a part of their core mission to attract this younger generation to their church.  What I'm personally thinking is that I believe this will be a BOTH/"AND" effort as the church in the west moves forward.  Here is where we as a church will be engaging this discussion on a LARGE scale! TO FIND OUT MORE INFO ABOUT THIS "AND" DISCUSSION CLICK HERE. Here are my thoughts on how to get this gen into your church:

1.  WE HAVE TO BE MULTI-CULTURAL: If I can make a generality, most of our students like multi-cultural things whether they know it's multi-cultural or not.  (Examples - Music, clothing, language.)  Also every time I talk to my parents or think about my grandparents life-story I have to remind myself that younger generations are growing up POST-Civil Rights Movement.  Without US History classes in school most would have NO concept of pre-civil rights way of living.  This gen isn't afraid of other cultures and as a whole, they embrace it.

2.  The approach HAS to be rooted in your mission, vision, & values: You can talk all-day about what you care about but you live on a mission, striving towards the vision you find most compelling, & do that through the lens of the things you value MOST highly. 3.  We have to be authentic: This Gen can sniff a fake a MILE away!  They want you to "be real" about your relationship with God and not some "idea" of what following Christ should be like.  If it's hard, just say that.

What else needs to be done?