Engage is a national network of Christian organisations working to make singleness or marriage a genuine choice for all Christian women and men.

Church Audit

What is the Relationally Healthy Church Audit?

A practical audit and action process, enabling local churches to become statistically gender balanced and support healthy singleness, dating, marriage and youth.

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Did You Know?

There are 2 men to every 3 women in the church, and mostly 1:2 for single people.

UUK Church Statistics, Brierley, 2021; Church Census Scotland 2016; YouGov 2014; Evangelical Alliance 2012; Tearfund 2007; Church Census England 2005;

A diagram showing how Engage works in the Socio-Cultural Context of Relationships

Implications for Christians

For Men: There is a massive need for more effective evangelism, discipleship and ways of doing church.
For Women: If they want to marry a Christian man, this isn’t possible for huge numbers, who are faced with a decision – stay single and childless, or marry a non-Christian?
For Children: Spiritual fatherlessness is common, and only 16% of today’s church’s grandchildren will have a Christian father and mother if current trends continue.

Engage organisations work together to ‘join the dots’ between different ministry fields, identify the issues affecting the church, and facilitate solutions.

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Engage’s Vision

To make singleness or marriage a genuine choice for all Christian women and men, through a church which is gender-balanced and teaches about healthy Christian singleness, dating and marriage.