A DESIRE TO BELONG
By David Pullinger
Deedot Press. 56 pages. ISBN 978 0 954 292 416
Available at £5.00 from http://www.networkchristians.com
I think this easy-read book is timely. The church needs to consider single issues.
Singleness is on the increase; one in three adults are single. This is likely to increase over the next 20 years, changing the demographic of the church. The title is very apt; most singles feel that they don’t belong in the church which caters mainly for married people with children. These singles feel a range of emotions from frustration and disappointment to anger and confusion. They want the church to be addressing their needs, hurt and pain with their singleness, but presently it is largely ‘brushed under the carpet’. Singleness in some cases involves real suffering.
