{"id":11528,"date":"2025-12-06T06:35:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T06:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=11528"},"modified":"2025-12-06T06:35:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T06:35:43","slug":"young-women-are-leaving-the-church-for-a-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=11528","title":{"rendered":"Young women are leaving the Church for a reason"},"content":{"rendered":"


By Brandon Showalter<\/span><\/span>, Opinion writer and social commentator Thursday, December 04, 2025<\/span><\/a>Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n

Young men are going to church in increasing numbers, according to recent\u00a0data, and women in the same age bracket are increasingly irreligious, which is a markedly unusual demographic shift.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So, why is this, and what is happening? What kind of churches are these men flocking to, and why are they going? Those are interesting questions, and there are several layers to explore.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But among some young men, the Holy Spirit indeed appears to be moving powerfully.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Various narratives are swirling today about disaffected and demoralized young men, but what seems clear is that many of them are yearning for something more, and they\u2019ve found the broader culture to be empty. In May, The Wall Street Journal published a moving story about how churches are ministering to struggling boys and young men who are seeking a godly sense of manhood to inhabit. For these young men, I rejoice and pray that they encounter God, that they continue to deepen their faith, and be transformed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Concurrently, I\u2019m burdened for many young women, many of whom have thrown their hands up, exasperated and wounded, and they can\u2019t be a part of churches anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And before anyone calls me a virtue-signaling \u201cwhite knight,\u201d I\u2019ll readily acknowledge that women sin as much as men, and many virtuous men struggle to confront particular sins toward which women are more often inclined. I\u2019m sure some women are leaving churches for self-centered reasons. And as for female false teachers, bloggers, podcasters and authors? Like their male counterparts, they must be resisted as the sheep-devouring wolves they are.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

But if you dig deeper and care to listen to many young women, you will discover there\u2019s more to the story than the data, popular stereotypes and conventional wisdom, and it\u2019s the following:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many young women aren\u2019t leaving churches because they’re secretly liberal feminists and hate men, harbor disdain for God\u2019s righteousness, embrace heresies, or because they don\u2019t want their vices and sinful habits challenged. They are leaving because they are hurting, ignored and demeaned, and they often face blatant sexism. They are voting with their feet, and they\u2019re trying to tell you something. Instead of being listened to, they have the script flipped on them and find themselves unfairly blamed for the very issues they dare to raise.<\/p>\n

Surely not, you might counter. Haven\u2019t churches, especially Evangelical ones, been overly feminized in the last few decades? Don’t many churches cater to women’s tastes and preferences? Isn\u2019t this uptick of young men returning to church an answer to prayer and a long-overdue course-correction?<\/p>\n

Again, for the young men genuinely seeking God and encountering Him, I am heartened. But hear me out. Actually \u2026 hear your sisters out. I\u2019ve crowd-sourced these sisters in the Lord who are godly, theologically orthodox believers in Jesus Christ. Consider these anecdotes from a cross-section of denominations and states.\u00a0<\/p>\n