Anglican's Messy Church, traditions and intergenerational solidarity
We can use the six dimensions of intergenerational solidarity to measure our own communities, without being too intrusive, or even take surveys, and see if the current intergenerational community will stand the test of time, inside the Jesus Christ's church. What. In 2004, a church in England started offering a congregational service called messy church which lacked apostolic liturgy in favour of meals and crafts. Messy church started as a deep desire to reintroduce children and family-units into the parish’s sphere. By 2019, one third of parishes in the Bay of Plenty are ‘using messy church.’ The Anglosphere has seen a drop in religiousness. Far less people attend church today, than 120 years ago, however the rate of church-attendance is probably better now amongst self-proclaimed Christians because in those days, it was a.o.k for Christians to destroy all the endemic whales of the Mediterranean Sea, and destroy the Forests of New Zealand to grow tares for cows and sheep, ...
