Demographics

Are You Ready for the Age Wave? Thom Rainer Speaks about the Coming Age Wave

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

I saw this article  The Church In 2011: Catching The Age Wave by Thom Rainer quoted in a book I am reading about boomers called The Boomer Century (page 237) by Richard Croker. Dr Rainer makes some observations (listed below) based on his research of the topic that reflect how I have been feeling too.
Rainer says, “Most cutting-edge […]

Are You Ready for the Age Wave? And the Shrinking Youth/Young Adult Market?

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Did the Boomers build the Evangelical church? This is not a theological question. Of course Jesus builds the church. I am just waxing practial from a macro scale here. Who comprise the majority of people in the church? What has been the effect of the Boomer generation on the ministries of the church historically?
See this […]

Are You Ready for the Age Wave? Understanding How the Greatest Demographic Shift in History will Affect Ministry

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Recently, I became interested in the impact of the baby boom on ministry when I led a local research project in my home state of Oklahoma that revealed that nearly 70% of the unchurched (people who had not been in church for six months or more except for a funeral, wedding or holiday service) were […]

Are You Ready for the Age Wave? Who Really are the Missional/Emergent Leaders? Senior Adult and Ethnic Ministry Leaders

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

This graph in the image link is the market size of various age groups from now until 2015. Notice that the boomer market will drive up the size of the 50-69 year old segment of the population. Meanwhile the market of 35-49 year olds is growing smaller. The 20-34 year old market is far smaller […]