Out the church door

At the last church she attended before dropping out, Julia Duin was not impressed with the service opportunities available to her as a single woman.
She could do child-care work, greet people at the door or join the women in the altar guild. However, since her journalism work required frequent travel, Duin sought more flexible commitments. Perhaps she could play harp before services? Fill an occasional teaching role, using her seminary training or material from her books?

After several frustrating years, she quit going to church.

This article by Terry Mattingly tells the story of a committed Christian woman's frustration with churches that are failing in rising numbers to keep their most loyal and committed members on board. The statistics are troubling and the missed opportunities startling. They indicate a coming crisis that will devastate the Evangelical church growth movement fueled by Baby Boomers for the past forty years.

Church leaders have an unprecedented opportunity to recruit and mobilize Seasoned Believers into meaningful Kingdom ministries but are missing God's opportunity. Read the article and get the book by Julia Duin. we have a crisis on our hands unless Christian leaders wake up and figure out how to involve Seasoned Believers in God's plans.

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