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The quiet exodus of women
Why women are leaving the church and how we invite them to stay.
A discussion about women and the church can feel scary. It can be challenging and time-consuming to engage in healthy, godly conversation about the best way to apply God’s unchanging design for men and women in a complex, ever-changing world.
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Unfortunately, like politics at Thanksgiving dinner, this topic has been avoided for far too long in many circles. And during that time, there has been a slow and quiet exodus of women from the church. They haven’t lost their faith or expressed theological differences with the church. They just don’t know where they belong.
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Recently, the penny died. On Nov. 12, 2025, after 232 years of production, the United States Mint ceased producing the one-cent coin for circulation. Today, an estimated 300 billion pennies are in circulation—though most are rarely used. Most Americans just toss . . .
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Sister church bodies of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC) support and encourage one another in a shared mission to proclaim Christ. View photos from the latest CELC convention held this past summer in Lusaka, Zambia.
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The 2025 Statistical Summary & Analysis does not tell a simple story. There is good news. There is hard news. And there are several findings that may surprise you because they do not fit your first assumptions. This year’s report is different from a typical annual . . .
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