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 PrintableVersion Turnaround churches need older ladies?A fresh influx of old ladies converted to lively Christian faith in their 80s is now sorely needed to revitalise small local churches. An influx of old gentlemen of that generation would also be wonderful but an old lady born in 1930 brings the following benefits to a local church that is in urgent need of major spiritual surgery: * She is willing to take on traditional feminine roles in helping with cr¸che and toddlers and baking cakes, vital for getting a ministry among young families underway. * She had her primary education during the 1930s when religious instruction in schools was Christian and of good biblical quality. She therefore has a deposit of Christian knowledge to draw on. * She was of secondary school age during World War II and so knows that personal sacrifices are needed for good to triumph over evil. She is therefore combat-fit for the conflict that is inevitable in a church that needs to be turned around. * Her understanding of good and evil is informed by Judaeo-Christian values. She will therefore not bring postmodern moral indifferentism to debates about the direction of the church. * She was a mature and responsible adult during the 1960s, unlike those currently entering their sixth and even seventh decades. She is therefore not starry-eyed about that spiritually and morally disastrous decade for Western civilisation. The common grace of God in a heavily Christian-influenced culture, combined with the special grace of God in spiritual regeneration, can make her a force for good in a turnaround church. So, for the sake of Christ's mission, this parish plodder is praying for gangs of sprightly ladies in their 80s to get soundly converted and stuck into local churches with evangelical ministry. Julian Mann, © Evangelicals Now - September 2010 |
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