Suicide has become a major concern amongst the older adults of society with the over 65s becoming one of the highest risk groups for suicidal behaviours. In fact, white males over 65 have the highest risk group of all for suicide. In fact, previous studies have shown that, although adults over 65 made up only 13 percent of the population, they made up 18 percent of all deaths by suicide.

This trend may be due to a number of factors such as depression, chronic pain, physical or mental illness, death of spouse, retirement and lack of social networks. Older men living alone and no longer engaged in productive activity such as employment, face a greater risk of suicide than married men or women. Often, it is a combination of all the aging factors that lead them to this end.

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The following article is a case study based on personal experience along with twenty years of hearing similar stories from colleagues and witnessing the consequent catastrophic results for the Body of Christ. While we generally prefer to highlight the wonderful aspects of being inheritors of this Movement and of the denomination we cherish, it is also crucial that we face the dark side of our organization. Never talking about these facts will not make them go away. Rather, like cancer, the unspoken will only spread until the entire body is desperately ill.

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