Churches Need Women Who Teach, Lead and Preach

Something significant is happening beneath the surface of the American Church. Barna’s newest data shows a historic reversal: young women — long the most reliable participants in church life — are now less religiously engaged than young men. As Barna president David Kinnaman explains, “it is the women, not the men, who are disengaging from religion generally and from the Church in particular.”  The shift isn’t simply the result of women stepping back. Men, Kinnaman notes, are also trending upwar