Sunday, October 28, 2007

Visiting

We visited a small church in Las Animas which is about 20 miles east of us. We met the pastor, David Barber and his wife, this past summer. They are the closest CBA church to us. I also was with them at the Pastor's Retreat I attended last month.
The church had about 45 adults in attendance. It was a very simple service, with an old-fashioned traditional feel to it, although they did sing some older praise choruses along with hymns. When I read the profiles of churches who are looking for pastors, I think that the majority of them are like this church. And I wonder how we would feel about being in a church like the La Junta church again.
I think that the more progressive churches are going to be larger or in larger cities. Or younger than 25 years old. Are there older churches which are meeting the needs of the younger generation? Or is it only the mega-churches that are doing so?

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