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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a twentysomething myself, I think most young people today have a finely tuned BS radar and are turned off by religious establishments that try to market to them and make religion "cool." I am interested in exploring my faith and spirituality but I don't like feeling like I'm being sold something. The praise bands, the hipster churches that have slick websites and are all over social media and have a marketing plan...those types of establisents are a big turn off. It feels like some middle aged Church leaders were sitting around in a conference room thibking, what can we do to get the young people to church? Let's hire a 38-year-old pastor who plays the guitar and wears jeans and has tattoos!

I think a lot of people my age are interested in [b]the traditions and sacraments and rituals and liturgy and history of the faith tradition[/b]. But it's hard to find that in a faith community, especially if you're an outsider or newcomer and don't really speak the lingo. It's just a little awkward. But I think if more faith communities focused on going back to their roots and reviving traditional spiritual practices instead of tripping over themselves to make it "relevant," they would see more young people.[/quote]

CHurches that focus on those things are losing people in droves.  It might be what you want, but is not so atractive to many others.  Perhaps that's why churches are trying something different --- like the praise bands, etc.  It used to be that the "traditions" and the promise of heaven and fear of hell were enough to keep people attending and giving money to the church.  I suspect a lot of Christians  no longer think church membership is is needed for salvation.  And churches, being human institutions, need money to operate, so you can't blame them for looking for ways to attract people.[/quote]

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