Are you questioning the value of investing in church life? Are you asking yourself, “Why get up and go to a building with people I barely know? Can’t I just listen to praise songs on my own and find a YouTube sermon from a pastor I like?”
These are good and legitimate questions. Many people in their 20s and 30s have come to see church as more of a problem than a solution. Does the church still matter?
Dr. Carmen Joy Imes (PhD, Wheaton) is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Biola University. She is the author of a new book, Becoming God’s Family: Why the Church Still Matters (InterVarsity Press, 2025).