35 min
The Beauty of Intergenerational Church (with Graeme Shanks and Rachel Sloan) In:Dependence
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- Christianity
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.
In this episode of In:Dependence, Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries) is joined by Graeme Shanks (Bruntsfield Evangelical Church, Edinburgh) and Rachel Sloan (FIEC Director for Women's Ministry 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.
Show notes
Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for The Future, Jean Twenge (amazon.co.uk)
From Generation to Generation, Graeme Shanks (fiec.org.uk)
You can watch a video of this episode and get more resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
About In:Dependence: 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.
About FIEC: We are a fellowship of Independent churches with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ.
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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
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.
In this episode of In:Dependence, Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries) is joined by Graeme Shanks (Bruntsfield Evangelical Church, Edinburgh) and Rachel Sloan (FIEC Director for Women's Ministry 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.
Show notes
Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for The Future, Jean Twenge (amazon.co.uk)
From Generation to Generation, Graeme Shanks (fiec.org.uk)
You can watch a video of this episode and get more resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
About In:Dependence: 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.
About FIEC: We are a fellowship of Independent churches with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ.
Follow FIEC on social media:
Instagram
Facebook
X
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
35 min