Our book is:
Reaching People under 30 while Keeping People over 60: Creating Community Across Generations
Synopsis:
Most of us remember a different day in the church – a simpler time when almost everyone attended. That day is gone; today, many in society have a negative view of Christians and the church in general. Language, rituals, traditions, and values are not as clear and readily accepted as they once were. The biblical message is constant, but the church needs to alter its methodology so that people in today’s new world can hear the “good news” in ways they can understand and embrace. This book is about reaching people, evangelism, making disciples, and carrying out Jesus’ command to reach people. In all probability, keeping the sixty-plus crowd happy almost always assures that the church will reach few new people under age forty. The challenges of bridging the gap are immense; solutions are complicated. Heart-held beliefs may have to change, tensions may erupt, and relationships may be challenged. The “builder” generation - people over sixty – is rapidly aging out of the leadership base and the tithing base, and they are not being replaced by people under forty. The longer churches delay adapting structures and programming – not the message – to the changing world, the more difficult church life becomes.
