The Future of the Oneness Pentecostal Movement

[J-Roc]

Originally Posted by shamgar1

The new Forward (a magazine for UPCI preachers) came out this week.

In it, there is an article titled "Where Have All the Young Ministers Gone?". The entire Forward is about mentoring and ministerial transition from one generation to the next.

In this article, the writer mentions that of the 9100 licensed UPCI ministers, under 400 of them are below the age of thirty. Hence the question, "Where have all the young ministers gone?" It is my belief that the UPCI is in danger. Under 400 ministers under the age of thirty? Where have they all gone?
Lest I am accused of being an alarmist, consider the theme of last year's General Conference was "Passing the Mantle". Now we have an entire Forward dedicated to the problem.

Why are there so few young ministers and what can be done to remedy the problem?

I heard someone say:

We are no longer uneducated peasants relying on a preacher who speaks latin to tell us everything we need to know... We can all read, and if given enough breathing room, everyone will begin to notice the inconsistencies on their own... these are real flaws in the foundation of the CULTURE of the church... which is what everyone accepts as the church...