Aging Church

“Insecurity is a common foe for any new pastor. After all, he has never pastored his own flock. It’s also likely that the majority of the congregation is older than he is—perhaps much older!

“It can feel like a Catch-22. The way an older church reaches younger families is to already have younger families in the room. But the congregation skews older precisely because it has so few.” - Thom Rainer

“A quiet shift is taking place among senior adults. Instead of moving into retirement communities or assisted living facilities, more are choosing to remain in their own homes as long as possible.” - Baptist Press

“In 1 Timothy 5:8, Paul writes that anyone who does not provide for their relatives is ‘worse than an unbeliever.’ This passage isn’t about caring for children — it’s about widows and aging parents. The responsibility falls on family first, not the church or society.” - P&D

“Rather than give you my own subjective opinions, let me share with you five different ways some churches have actually accomplished this feat.” - Thom Rainer