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Glossary: young adults

Those persons who are out of high school and nineteen through thirty years of age. This definition of young adults is used in The United Methodist Church as the basis for program development and implementation and for meeting the requirements for determining representatives to various organizations.

Source: A Dictionary for United Methodists, Alan K. Waltz, Copyright 1991, Abingdon Press. Used by Permission.

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