Why Churches Should Reach Singles
Singles are unique. There is a specific way to reach and minister to each type of single adult, but these labels are not meant to place singles into different ways of being reached. Quite the opposite. Once you know who you want to reach, you need to know how to reach them.
- Singles Never Married
- Adults who have never married and may or may not be looking to date.
- Dating Singles
- Singles actively looking to date and may or may not be in a relationship currently.
- Engaged Singles
- Singles who are engaged with an official ring, however, not married yet and still single.
- Divorced Singles
- Singles who have been married and the legal divorce papers have been signed by a judge.
- Single Parents
- Parents of children who are not married, including single parents who became so by divorce, widowhood, adoption, or out of wedlock. Never assume how an individual became a single parent.
- Widows and Widowers
- Singles who did not choose to be single again as their spouse has passed.