Hey everybody before we get started I just wanted to jump on because we are so excited to announce that restore registration is officially open

We can't wait to be with you again this year. It's gonna be on September 5th through 7th at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy, Utah.

That's the evening of September 5th and then all day on the 6th and the 7th.

Three days of incredible speakers, poets, musicians, and artists.

We really think that what we have planned will blow you away again this year so you won't want to miss it.

Go to faithmatters.org slash restore for tickets and we'll see you there.

Hey everybody this is Aubrey Chavez from Faith Matters. Today we're bringing you a conversation on a subject that we

are always thinking about but it's taken a special urgency over the last two months

the role of women in the church. A large survey recently released by the

American Enterprise Institute showed a societal shift with regard to women and religion.

And in a total reversal of trends from prior generations, young women are now leaving religion at significantly higher rates than men.

Social issues and patriarchal structures are the off-sided reasons.

So are there signs of trouble within our own faith?

To explore this question, we invited two brilliant women who are mentors

and friends, Nylen McBain and Bethney Brady Spalding. Nylen is the author of

Women at Church which turns 10 years old this summer and Bethany is the co-author

of the Girls Who Choose God series

which highlights the powerful stories of women in scripture and church history and

both are also the mothers of three girls. First little background on the

things that we're going to reference in the conversation so a few weeks ago the church's Instagram account posted a quote from a talk given by Annette

Dennis, a counselor in the Relief Society general presidency.

And the post began with a following claim.

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