4 things women want from church

It might be controversial, but as she enters the second half of life, Deborah Sloan is finally raising her head above the parapet. Here’s four things women want – and need – to find refreshment, renewal and restoration in their faith

Let’s start by tackling the elephant in the room. Should you really write an opinion piece about what women want from church? Surely that’s Christian consumerism!

Corporate worship can’t be described as if it’s some sort of weekly get-together where everyone turns up to have a good time. It’s not a transactional experience where we focus on what we can get rather than what we can give.

Also, want goes against those supposed principles of Biblical womanhood: submissive wives, sacrificial mothers and joyful homemakers who reject personal desires in order to live out God’s purpose. It ignores that essential idea about women exercising their God-given gifts solely for the benefit of others.