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SUMMARY
The life satisfaction of retired Christian workers was examined to see if the results would support those of research using similar methods but a less unique group of subjects. Data concerning activities, religious beliefs and past traumas were compared to information from the Life Satisfaction Index-A and Constantinople's Inventory of Psychosocial Maturity. The results are not inconsistent with the proposals of continuity theory. However, they indicate that it may be the continuity of activities which continue the ideology, identity or sense of purpose of the individual which are associated with successful aging rather than those which continue patterns of activity for the sake of “activity,” per se.