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‘Don’t have two churches in one’: Pastor, wife team raise up teenage leaders

It doesn’t take more than five minutes of talking to David Case to learn three things: he loves Jesus; he and his wife, Rosemary, are an inseparable team; and he is passionate about passing the leadership baton to young people in church.
  • December 2, 2024
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‘Don’t have two churches in one’: Pastor, wife team raise up teenage leaders

It doesn’t take more than five minutes of talking to David Case to learn three things: he loves Jesus; he and his wife, Rosemary, are an inseparable team; and he is passionate about passing the leadership baton to young people in the church.

The former director of missions for Eleven Point River Baptist Association in Alton, Missouri, has advice to pastors who want to see the next generation of church leadership raised up: “Don’t have two churches in one,” he says. “Where the youth are separated from the adults all the time. Passing the leadership baton to young people involves equipping parents to disciple their kids and letting all generations learn together.”

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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Britney Lyn Hamm and originally published by the Pathway. 

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