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Daily Archives: October 23, 2026

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Demographic Doom?? Or Maybe Not

Age & Generations, Featured-Fieldnote, Resources Frame, Social Service & ActivismBy Nancy AmmermanOctober 23, 2026

It’s true that many congregations have more senior adults than the population around them might predict. Indeed, a quarter of all congregations are more than half retirement age or older. Both members and leaders in such congregations may look at their aging membership and think they are doomed.   But are they? While there are…

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