What to Do When You Don't Want to Go to Church

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Perhaps you've been fighting with your spouse and kids all week and seeing happy families sitting in church pews multiplies your despair. Maybe church brings back painful childhood memories. Maybe you feel church is more about activities than relationships. Maybe you're embroiled in a conflict with someone at church and want to avoid seeing him or her. Maybe there is a clique in the church and you're not a part of the so-called "in" group. Maybe you feel worse after the church service than before it began.

Sometimes you can feel the furthest from God when sitting in a church service. Perhaps you never feel lonelier than when you attend church. But why?

By talking with hundreds of people and having dozens of contributors, Pat Palau and PeggySue Wells share what others have to say about what others do when they face the situation of "not wanting to go to church."

• They interview adult children and discover how their parents approached not wanting to go to church.
• They talk with prodigals and find what brought them back to church.
• They explore the deep wounds and conflict that occurs within the church and family and provide hope, help, and encouraging ideas.

About the Authors:

PeggySue Wells is the homeschool mom of six daughters and one son. Her musical children have formed a group called the WELLSpring Fiddlers and have been the featured performers at The Opryland Hotel. Peggy is the author of What To Do When You Don't Know What to Say and What To Do When You Don't Know What to Say to Your Own Family. The Wells family enjoys a plethora of interests presently including four horses, two dogs, one goose, two turtle doves, but no partridge in a pear tree (yet). Peggy Sue, her husband, and children make their home in Roanoke, Indiana.      Pat Palau is a winsome and frequent speaker to women's groups, pastor's conferences, and evangelistic luncheons and dinners. Pat is a graduate of Multnomah Bible College in Portland, Oregon and Seattle Pacific University. Pat Palau has partnered with her husband, Luis Palau, in international ministry for four decades. Since that time almost one million people have made commitments to Christ. Today Pat and Luis have four sons, four daughters-in-law, and nine grandchildren at last count. The Palau's make their home in Portland, Oregon near the international headquarters of the Luis Palau Evangelistic Association.