"He Desires a Noble Task" The Erosion of the Evangelical Pastorate
"He Desires a Noble Task" The Erosion of the Evangelical Pastorate
By Jeremy Mann
MERE ORTHODOXY
http://www.mereorthodoxy.com/erosion-of-evangelical-pastorate/
September 3, 2012
The evangelical church has a problem. We're going to run out of good pastors. For a variety of reasons, we are failing to sufficiently prepare the next generation of church leadership. I doubt this particular problem will ever feel like a full-blown crisis, given the many influences on church health and the wide diffusion of the effects, but it's a trend with costly consequences. All things being equal, eventually there will be fewer churches than there could be, and on average they will be weaker.
This message is different than the common doomsday alarms. American evangelicalism is not in perfect health, but it's strong in many respects. More 20-somethings are currently attending evangelical churches than any year since 1972. Enrollment in Christian Colleges is also up, as is diversity. The problem is not that there aren't any young people in church; it's that not enough of them are planning to lead.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Jeremy Mann
MERE ORTHODOXY
http://www.mereorthodoxy.com/erosion-of-evangelical-pastorate/
September 3, 2012
The evangelical church has a problem. We're going to run out of good pastors. For a variety of reasons, we are failing to sufficiently prepare the next generation of church leadership. I doubt this particular problem will ever feel like a full-blown crisis, given the many influences on church health and the wide diffusion of the effects, but it's a trend with costly consequences. All things being equal, eventually there will be fewer churches than there could be, and on average they will be weaker.This message is different than the common doomsday alarms. American evangelicalism is not in perfect health, but it's strong in many respects. More 20-somethings are currently attending evangelical churches than any year since 1972. Enrollment in Christian Colleges is also up, as is diversity. The problem is not that there aren't any young people in church; it's that not enough of them are planning to lead.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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