Are there too many persnickety old people in your church? Do you long to reshuffle the congregational deck and get some young blood in the pews? Is your church “dying” because there just aren’t enough millennials making your church hip and cool? Recently a church in Minnesota made national news headlines for doing just that – and even secular media took notice! In this episode, Amy and Michelle discuss why this is not only a bad idea, it’s unbiblical.

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Scriptures mentioned in this episode

Twin Cities News story: Church to usher out gray-haired members in effort to attract more young parishioners

Congregational letter response:

Statement from the Minnesota Annual Conference:

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