tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32744496.post1239983506236736592..comments2023-10-05T04:19:40.180+13:00Comments on Thoughts and Amusings: Why 20somethings are leaving...... the ChurchLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12245428263009453052noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32744496.post-53061801664554250832007-09-25T08:48:00.000+12:002007-09-25T08:48:00.000+12:00out of interest, what denomination are you part of...out of interest, what denomination are you part of Lisa?<BR/><BR/>I am a twentysomething who left the Pentecostal movement for Anglicanism because so much of the former was getting obsessed with emotional experience at the expense of intellectual understanding.<BR/><BR/>Also, there was an age-ism going on in the way they do church. While traditional churches have in the past had an attitude of ignoring the youth, a lot of Pentecostal churches today are thoroughly ignorant of the older ones. As we mature in the faith we realise the value of expressions of church that are intergenerational and centred in unity rather than "marketing"...<BR/><BR/>As I have discussed in recent posts, it often feels like the "twentysomethings" are the most ignored both in church politics and worldly politics. It's a shame because in a way we are the missing link between the generations, and if we are allowed to let loose we have the time and ability to draw together very different people. I think God I have that freedom in my church...<BR/><BR/>But I wouldn't try to isolate twentysomethings and market to their specific tastes if you're worried about their leaving your denomination. Church is meant to be a body of people who love God and love one another, and draw people in because they are so clearly that. It is not meant to be a body manipulated into attendance, friendship and service because of its cool-ness or entertaining-ness... Sometimes we have to face the hard truth that people won't come to church because they are still selfish and unregenerate...A. J. Chesswashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04266452896846772225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32744496.post-82438080798871104882007-07-09T10:41:00.000+12:002007-07-09T10:41:00.000+12:00I would say like the picture you have Lisa, that a...I would say like the picture you have Lisa, that a lot of 20somethings are bored with the content... I mean if you listen to a lot of the sermons a lot of them are either irrelevant, teach too much at once or have little application, which links back to some of what you were sayingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com