Why Women Are Leaving the Church, and How to Win Them Back (Kadi Cole)

Kadi Cole returns to the Christian Leader podcast to unpack one of the most surprising shifts in recent church attendance data: for the first time on record, young men are now attending church at higher rates than young women. Kadi is a veteran church leadership consultant with over 20 years focused on developing women's leadership, and she has kept a close eye on why women have been quietly stepping back from church involvement for almost two decades.

The conversation moves from diagnosis to action, with Kadi offering concrete, practical steps church leaders can take regardless of their church's size or theological convictions. She and Matt also dig into an unexpected throughline: the future of the church may depend less on chasing any one gender or generation but more on inter-generational, "integrated" mentoring relationships. This episode has important and healthy challenges for today's church leaders, so we invite you to take advantage of this timely and valuable conversation.