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The Singles Tax: How Churches Accidentally Make Singleness Harder

The Singles Tax: How Churches Accidentally Make Singleness Harder

Thursday, February 5, 2026
The Church must rethink it’s approach to singleness. In Jesus’ estimation, singleness is such an asset in the service of God, that some Christians will embrace singleness for a season or for life. In Matthew 19 10:12, Jesus speaks of people for “it is better not to marry.”  Obviously some of the cultural context is…