Didn’t “beat up” on him. Disagreed with him. It’s entirely possible for there to be disagreement without disunity. In fact, if Christian unity can only be maintained at the expense of people holding divergent views it’s a cult not the beautiful new way of being human that Jesus taught us.

Thank you Jenna. I would like to think you are describing my Church family; small, aging, somewhat traditional, but trying to love the Lord and one another and our community with the gifts and talents God has given us. Not big on programs (can’t be); but committed to prayer, to loving the world, and to walking together in God’s love! We don’t just appreciate our seniors, we honor them and pray that God will send us more. They bring wisdom, experience, inspiration and stability. We are not convinced that the future of the Church is the youth but the remnant of God’s faithful, both old and young! We are behind in our adoption of technology for sure, but some of that is intentional. Our mission is deeply relational, and technology can easily deflect, distract and deceive. The gospel has power to transform lives when the means serves the end!
I wouldn’t trade my Church for any of the new and more modern facilities recently erected in our community. But I guess that’s the way it should be, right?

Some of the most missional people I know are over 70.

Bobby Gilbert, you do make an important observation. Sometimes “missional” seems to be translated as meaning “young,” “activist,” “entrepreneurial” and the like.
I am over 70 and no longer have the health, stamina or energy for many things, but I can and do pray. I can and do live together, as I am able, with my neighbors and quite a bit more.
The Kingdom of God is not limited to millenials. We over 70 folks know a thing or two about endurance, the humility that all we have done was just for the time of our being and that what is yet to come is fully out our hands.
It might be a useful perspective for those at earlier stages of the journey.