Four factors driving young women away from the church and pastoral strategies to address them.
Only a generation ago, Norman Rockwell’s 1959 painting Sunday Morning was a prophetic diagnosis for pastors everywhere. The mother takes the kids to church while the father stays home, presumably engaging in unimportant things. As they leave, the son’s gaze is on his father’s example, learning that church is for women and children. Times have changed—the vibes have shifted, and it is now young women who feel that church is for men.
No More Deadbeat Dads
