Church members are increasingly looking only to therapists to help them with emotional and relational struggles because they don’t consider those problems to be related to their spiritual lives.
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In my role as a women’s ministry director over the past 15 years, I’ve observed an increase in church women struggling with emotional and relational issues and a decrease in women coming to pastors, women’s ministry directors, and small group leaders for help. Many women are turning to therapy instead.
As church leaders, we want to care well for our congregations, but it’s challenging to minister to people when we don’t know their struggles. Why are women increasingly looking outside the church for help?
