Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church and the Church Needs Women - Softcover

Andersen, Ericka

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1641585668 ISBN 13: 9781641585668

Publisher: NavPress, 2023

Synopsis

Do you really need church to have a relationship with God?

Church can produce all kinds of automatic reactions depending on your past experiences. Perhaps your family was actively involved in church, or maybe your experience was limited to attending on the occasional holiday. Is it a place you associate with feelings of shame or joy? Does it bring anxiety, or do you have fond memories? Few people are neutral on the subject of church.

Are you one of the 16 million American women who have left the church in the last decade? There are many reasons for this exodus. Many women who leave the church―especially those who still consider themselves to be Christians―desire a closer relationship with God and a deeper spiritual life. What they may not realize is that the imperfect churches of their pasts might be keeping them from meeting those deep spiritual longings today.

In Reason to Return, Ericka Andersen delves into the reasons why women are leaving church in droves. With gentle insight and thoughtful research, she invites Christian women who are hurt or disillusioned by the churches of their pasts to fulfill their unmet spiritual longings for God and community―and consider what the church might still have to offer them.

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Do you actually need church to have a relationship with God?

Many women who believe in God have a complicated relationship with the Church. Statistics show that women are leaving their churches in droves. Although these women desire a close relationship with God, the imperfect churches of their pasts hinder them from having their deep spiritual longings met today.

In Reason to Return, Ericka Andersen delves into the reasons why many women are leaving the Church. With gentle insight and thoughtful research, she invites Christian women who have been absent from the Church―either physically or spiritually―to rediscover an important piece of their faith that has been missing.

Whether apathy, the pandemic, or past hurt took you away from church, if you are one of these women, it’s time to reclaim this part of your life. Bypass the obligations of religion and dive into a deeper, more satisfying life in Jesus. Reignite your faith and move closer to the best life God has for you. The church of your past doesn’t have to be the church of your future.

Edition details

• Publisher: NavPress
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1641585668
• ISBN 13: 9781641585668
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256