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From the latest issue of
2008
Growing Population of Elders Creates
Challenges, Possibilities for Churches
by the Rev. Joyce Smothers & Kathi Heath
As Quoheleth, great teacher and author of Ecclesiastes, wisely writes, “There is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven.” Churches are facing the season of death in the United States. Church leaders and parishioners weep for the way things used to be. American congregations are graying, pews are empty, volunteers are scarce, church buildings are deteriorating, and reserve funds are depleted. Will the church survive?
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