Reason to Return, Ericka Andersen
Reason to Return, Ericka Andersen
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Reason to Return
Why Women Need The Church And The Church Needs Women

Author: Ericka Andersen

Narrator: Ericka Andersen

Unabridged: 5 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: NavPress

Published: 01/17/2023


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.

About The Author

Ericka Andersen is a freelance writer, podcast host and consultant for The Steamboat Institute. She previously wrote for, and was the Digital Director at, National Review magazine. Prior to that, she was the Digital Manager at the Heritage Foundation and worked in communications for Vice President Mike Pence at the GOP Conference. She attended Indiana University. She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, with her husband and two children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Amber on September 07, 2022

Working as a nurse in the ER, I tend to people's physical needs. There is no escaping the fact that when there's a missing finger, chunk of skin or a tooth, it doesn't belong to their body anymore. Even if it's carried in on ice or a glass of milk, it's been separated. Paul uses the metaphor of the b......more

Goodreads review by Bob on November 29, 2022

Summary: A book directed to believing women who have left the church looking at the reasons why they have left and reasons why they should consider returning, both for what they may gain and what they may give. Ericka Andersen states in the introduction to this book that over the last decade that 26......more

Goodreads review by Ericka on January 20, 2023

I hope you'll read this book :) --Ericka......more

Goodreads review by Bailey T. on September 08, 2023

An honest look on the importance of the Church community and how it challenges us, stretches us and when we trust in Jesus can be a place of intimate belonging and hope.......more

Goodreads review by Alex on July 09, 2024

So so good!! This book walks you through why women leave the church, why they should reconsider joining the church, and the calling for women. This book is great for anyone in church leadership, anyone thinking about leaving the church, or for those who have left the church and just need some encour......more