The leaders of America’s largest Christian organizations increasingly have something in common: they’re closer to eligibility for Medicare than their college graduation, a new study finds.
According to MinistryWatch, a North Carolina-based organization promoting transparency and accountability among ministries, 90% of leaders in the 1,000 largest ministries said they were over the age of 50 in a recent survey.
Roughly 41% reported being between ages 51 and 60, while 47% said they were between ages 61 and 70, and a final 2.6% reported they were over age 71.
The age statistics mirror both trends in the largest for-profit companies and society in general.