Catch the Age Wave: A Handbook for Effective Ministry with Senior Adults

by Charles Arn, Win Arn

Senior adult ministry isn’t what it used to be. The comfortable assumptions and outdated programs that were the basis for local church ministry are being challenged. Baby boomers are hitting middle age and retirement. And their own parents are living longer. Authors Win and Charles Arn have updated and supplemented Catch the Age Wave with ideas, examples and advice to help the local church leader start and maintain a senior adult program. In addition, they have added practical program ideas to use in any local church setting. New challenges for a new day. Catch the Age Wave won’t let you miss the boat.

184 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1993

Reviews

[Carla · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a really interesting study of aging in the church and how there is a great 'field' of older adults ready to connect and reconnect with church. I read this book nearly a decade ago and find in my work that many older adults have disconnected from the church because of religious trauma. This book is a good book on traditional and historical evangelical practices focused on an older adult population. Ten years out and the changes on the religious landscape in the world today. This model is outdated.

[Joelendil · Rating 2 out of 5]

A few good ideas in here, but it's one of those "run your church based on demographics and business models and plan everything to the nth degree" kind of books which actually really annoy me.