The Beauty of Intergenerational Church
The diversity of the local church is a beautiful and unique thing. The different generations in our churches offer an opportunity to grow in faith together and witness to the world around.
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In this episode, Adrian Reynolds (Head of National Ministries) is joined by Graeme Shanks (Bruntsfield Evangelical Church, Edinburgh) and Rachel Sloan (Director for Women's Ministry at FIEC and Women's Ministry Coordinator at Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh) to discuss how an intergenerational church shows the beauty of the church to those around, how that works out in practice, and first steps towards becoming truly intergenerational.
00:00 - Introduction
01:26 - The beauty of the church
08:50 - Generations in the church
14:51 - Intergenerational church in practice
20:57 - Moving from cross-generational to inter-generational
26:00 - The importance of listening well
28:28 - The witness of intergenerational church
32:01 - First steps towards intergenerational church
Show notes
In:Dependence is FIEC’s official podcast, where you’ll hear teaching and resources for church leaders from the FIEC Ministry Team and guests from FIEC churches and partners.
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