CNLP 790 | Red Flags Driving Women Out of Church (and How to Fix Them) with Kadi Cole
The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast
Carey Nieuwhof
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🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Recent data shows that while young men are coming to church in record numbers, women are leaving. Why? Kadi Cole shares the #1 reason women are leaving church (lack of trust) and outlines numerous other red flags that are alienating women.
Plus, she discusses how to address them and how to create an engaging environment for women, whether you lead a complementarian or egalitarian church.
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| 0:00.0 | The Art of Leadership Network. |
| 0:03.2 | Severe breakdown of trust. |
| 0:05.5 | I think there's a lot of pieces that go into that, but it is probably the number one issue, |
| 0:11.4 | I would say. |
| 0:12.1 | I think women for the last 10 years have been voting with their feet. |
| 0:19.6 | Welcome to the Kerry Newhoff Leadership Podcast. |
| 0:22.1 | I hope our time together today helps you thrive in life and leadership. |
| 0:25.5 | Well, today, tackling a tough issue. |
| 0:27.6 | Why are women leaving the church? |
| 0:30.1 | And I sit down with Katie Cole, who's got extensive experience in this issue. |
| 0:35.6 | And while we don't have data yet, we do have thoughts. That's that I think |
| 0:39.4 | are going to be really helpful. She reveals the number one reason why she believes women don't |
| 0:45.3 | trust the church anymore. We talk about investment in versus ROI. We talk about culture and a whole |
| 0:53.4 | lot more. And I think there are clues here. So whether |
| 0:56.0 | you're a complementarian, egalitarian in your theology, we talk about what that means, why everybody |
| 1:03.0 | probably could use to benefit from honoring women better and treating them better and a whole |
| 1:08.6 | lot more in this episode. It's fascinating. It's eye-opening. |
| 1:12.4 | And you'll want to sharpen your pencil and get a little bit of homework done as a result. |
| 1:16.7 | We also come to some very practical solutions and suggestions as well. You can get show notes for |
| 1:21.3 | this by going to carrynewhoff.com slash show notes or even easier. They're all in my art |
| 1:26.6 | of leadership academy. Go to the in my Art of Leadership Academy. |
| 1:29.6 | Go to the art of leadership academy.com. |
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