Why are churches full of old people stuck in their ways?

This is a dilemma for me. In the mid sixties there were few people attending church in their twenties. But there was a wide range of ages. The services moved on in the sixties with the middle aged Christian’s taking the lead.

So where have these old Christians locked in the past come from? Because they were not there in their youth?

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Persephonee · 22-25, F

You'll find a very broad mixture of Christians of all ages, both grandparents and families with young children and everyone in between, in two sorts of church, in my experience:

1) Those Catholic (predominantly) churches which treat the Sacraments with the degree of joyful solemnity they deserve (not exclusively ones that celebrate many masses according to the traditional [Latin] form, but that's often an indicator), and also 'high' Anglican/Episcopalian churches;

2) Very lively evangelical churches (which again includes some 'low' Anglican/Episcopalian ones).

Every church has both young and old members but the ones that seem to have a full cross-section of society tend to be in one of those two groups. At least in the UK, they're largely the only parts of Christianity which are actually growing.

SW-User

@Persephonee But the point Im making is that the old men and women who are killing rural Anglican churches were not actually there in their youth.
So where have their ideas come from!

Persephonee · 22-25, F

@SW-User Oh I see. Well one suggestion I'd have is that they're retirees from elsewhere of course. What do you mean by killing the churches?