Message from the DS I love Pastors! And NEO has tremendous Pastors! In the last few weeks I have shared breakfast or lunch with most of our pastors. What a treat for me! On more than one occasion, as we were sharing blessings and prayer requests, pastors shared that their church was getting older. That is certainly a blessing, for with age spiritual maturity often follows. Of course, there is also concern. -if we don’t begin to reach a younger crowd, what will happen to the church in 10 to 20 years? I looked in the files this week and saw an article by Thom Rainer on “Five Ways Some Senior Adult Churches Became Younger.” Let me share part of it below: Hear me clearly. I am not suggesting there is anything inherently wrong with a congregation of senior adults. But I have been asked on numerous occasions how......

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