Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post

From then on, it seemed almost a foregone conclusion that the likely choice of this newly-elected group would be for a youthful, dynamic leader suited to a 21st Century style of worship ... with the main aim of attracting a greater number of young people to God's House ...

... "and so" [to quote a Biblical phrase] "it came to pass ... "
I guess that the upshot of this is that it means that the church won't die when its older congregants do.