tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26615646.post5801791032511822835..comments2023-06-25T17:52:46.850+02:00Comments on Rock in the Grass (Pete Grassow): Youth ExodusPete Grassowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02871713300314160309noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26615646.post-47429303459738616472007-12-07T01:27:00.000+02:002007-12-07T01:27:00.000+02:00The Church of England is witnessing something of a...The Church of England is witnessing something of a revival when it comes to young people putting themselves forward for ministry - and fortunately not just in the more fundamental wing. A recent survey showed almost a third of those in training were under 30. <BR/><BR/>The merchants of gloom, certainly over here, are beginning to eye up condiments to help make their hats more edible!Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584816723723824974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26615646.post-57569352164240487552007-12-06T15:30:00.000+02:002007-12-06T15:30:00.000+02:00Hi peteThe only plus side to this that I can see i...Hi pete<BR/>The only plus side to this that I can see is that we have people, such as those of us on NEOC, who are entering ministry with a bit more life experience behind us...<BR/>Having been on the receiving end of well-meaning but naive young RC clergymen, maybe this is not such a bad thing!<BR/>We do have lots of young people attending MCCs, certainly in the ones I've been to, and I'm working with a 25 year old who will, I believe, end up in minstry, but then, we're hardly mainstream!!Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06426510776651754929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26615646.post-28299966085540759312007-12-01T16:52:00.000+02:002007-12-01T16:52:00.000+02:00I don't know that count as "mainline denominationa...I don't know that count as "mainline denominational" churches in South Africa, but in 1971 Trevor Verryn published a study of Anglican clergy, called <I>The vanishing clergyman</I>. The following year ther charismatic renewal movement took off, and Verryn's book enjoyed instant obsolescence as Anglican theological colleges were bursting at the seams, and had to expand their buildings though one of them was forced into a nomad existence by the expropriation of the Federal Seminary in Alice. <BR/><BR/>It seems these things go in cycles. <BR/><BR/>Incidentally, I'm doing research into the "charismatic renewal movement" and have found very few Methodists or Presbyterians willing to help. If any are, see more at <A HREF="http://methodius.blogspot.com/2007/05/research-charismatic-renewal-movement.html#links" REL="nofollow">Notes from underground: Research: charismatic renewal movement in South Africa</A>Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26615646.post-35870155532676535252007-11-30T17:45:00.000+02:002007-11-30T17:45:00.000+02:00At our annual Conference this year, I was the only...At our annual Conference this year, I was the only clergy person 25 or under. :) I hope we can get some more young clergy, preferably before I get old. It's lonely!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com