Growing Grey and Growing Green: Re-narrating Ageing in Baptist Churches in the Netherlands
In 2016, the Baptist Union initiated a project on the ageing of (and ageing in) Baptist churches in the Netherlands. Its aim was to reflect — through a series of dialogical interventions in four ‘ageing’ congregations — on the consequences of growing grey, especially in light of dominant cultural na...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Journal of European Baptist Studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 121-140 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Netherlands
/ Baptists
/ Aging
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBD Benelux countries KDG Free church NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology of ageing
B deficit model B Practical Wisdom B Ageing B ageing churches |
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| Summary: | In 2016, the Baptist Union initiated a project on the ageing of (and ageing in) Baptist churches in the Netherlands. Its aim was to reflect — through a series of dialogical interventions in four ‘ageing’ congregations — on the consequences of growing grey, especially in light of dominant cultural narratives that tend to relate ageing to loss and decay. This article discusses in retrospect the findings and gains of the project. It shows that although cultural narratives have deeply shaped ecclesial life, there are other perspectives to be found in the everyday wisdom and ordinary theology of church members. It is argued that the project empowered the churches to find alternative readings on ageing, thus finding new perspectives in which to live. Thus, the intervention helped to re-narrate the narrative of ageing and the ageing church. |
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| ISSN: | 1804-6444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of European Baptist Studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25782/jebs.v21i2.923 |