"But I don't want to go to church!!!"

"You have to go. You're the Pastor!!"


What is the one of the problems churches are facing in getting boomers back into church?

Boredom.

Here is what Hendricks's study revealed: "Sermons were not very popular among this crowd [who had left the church]. At best, sermons were tolerated; at worst, they were infuriating. Perhaps the most common complaint was that worship services were boring. It was not that these gatherings were not interesting; they were not worshipful."(1)

The number one problem in most churches is boredom. It is not bad theology or poor organization. It is the carefully disguised yawns. A survey done by ministry currents attributed the decline of Baby Boomers attending church to the fact that church is "irrelevant to daily life."(2)

This is not an appeal to be entertaining in our teaching. It is an appeal to be interesting. It is an admonition to be obedient to Titus 2:10, ". . . so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive."

We have failed to make the teaching of our Lord attractive. Consequently, we have lost a culture that is deeply interested in God, prayer and Christianity.

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1. William Hendricks, Exit Interviews, (Chicago: Moody, 1993), p. 260.

2. "The Case of the Missing Boomers," Ministry Currents, January - March 1992,


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