A Hartford study came out and the news is not pretty.

 

  • From
    2000 to 2005 the average percentage of participants over 60 years old increased.
  • Over
    the same time period the average percentage of participants 18-34
    decreased.  
  • From 2008 to 2010 the
    average percentage of participants over 65 increased slightly.  
  • From 2008 to 2010 the average
    percentage of 18-34 year olds continued to decline.
  • A
    third or more of the membership in over half (52.7%) of Oldline Protestant
    congregations consists of seniors (65 years old or older).
  • Seventy-five
    percent of Oldline Protestant congregations said that less than 10% of their
    regular participants were young adults (18-34 years old).