Turnaround churches need older ladies?

Julian Mann  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Sep 2010
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A fresh influx of old ladies converted to lively Christian faith in their 80s is now sorely needed to revitalise small local churches.

An influx of old gentlemen of that generation would also be wonderful but an old lady born in 1930 brings the following benefits to a local church that is in urgent need of major spiritual surgery:

* She is willing to take on traditional feminine roles in helping with crèche and toddlers and baking cakes, vital for getting a ministry among young families underway.

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