tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268539650499556740.post4153059735276511568..comments2023-06-29T02:51:51.236-05:00Comments on 1517: Who Needs The Church?Todd Pruitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614293087144493430noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268539650499556740.post-37311102322169479452008-07-29T16:32:00.000-05:002008-07-29T16:32:00.000-05:00To clarify, by "youth-centric" I don't mean just k...To clarify, by "youth-centric" I don't mean just kids and teenagers - I mean 30 somethings and younger...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268539650499556740.post-3257573656054514722008-07-29T14:31:00.000-05:002008-07-29T14:31:00.000-05:00I would like to see us do away with the age-separa...I would like to see us do away with the age-separated nature of our church for 3 months and see what happens. No Sunday school for 3 months - just a 2 hour service of preaching, confession, prayer, exhortation and the Lord's table. We are so segregated that it takes an enormous work-force many of whom aren't qualified (not to mention building facilities) to maintain our program. And to what purpose ? I grew up seeing the elder men of distinction of my church leading us in prayer and even exhortation during the services. They held a place of honor. The middle-aged men of Christian character were the very visible and active deacons. What happened ? Where the youth-centricity of our churches has come from I don't know. And what has happened to the generation of lost elders ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268539650499556740.post-36517238307681400172008-07-28T18:56:00.000-05:002008-07-28T18:56:00.000-05:00My in-laws are in their 60s. They have just decid...My in-laws are in their 60s. They have just decided to stop going to their church because the one they finally decided to join, changed their format of the service to a more contemporary feel, which made my father-in-law furious. I could go off about that attitude alone, but I was struck by something during his dissertation on music. Haven't the younger generations completely ignored the older generations. Haven't we turned a deaf ear to them in general and allowed them to go to their classes and activities without any thought to their needs? At what point is the younger generation, (that's me...at least I believe that)going to respect them? Just a thought.Noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18034621766458421223noreply@blogger.com