What People Lose by Skipping Church

Editor’s note: The following is related to Ericka Anderson’s new book, Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church & the Church Needs Women.

What do we lose when we stop going to church? A lot. It’s been nearly three years since the advent of the Covid pandemic, and churches still aren’t back to where they once were. According to a recent Lifeway Research study, weekly attendance at Protestant churches remains, on average, at only 85 percent of pre-pandemic levels. For a country already reeling from a loss of faith — with church attendance declining for decades — this isn’t good news.

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Ericka Andersen

Ericka Andersen is the author of Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church & the Church Needs Women.

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Editor’s note: The following is related to Ericka Anderson’s new book, Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church & the Church Needs Women.

What do we lose when we stop going to church? A lot. It’s been nearly three years since the advent of the Covid pandemic, and churches still aren’t back to where they once were. According to a recent Lifeway Research study, weekly attendance at Protestant churches remains, on average, at only 85 percent of pre-pandemic levels. For a country already reeling from a loss of faith — with church attendance declining for decades — this isn’t good news.