The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Smeby (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 9 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 13,085 Christianity audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mark Smeby
Mark Smeby narrates 129 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 794 hours in all.
- The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise
- I Still Believe
- Every Thought Captive: Calm the Mental Chaos That Keeps You Stuck, Drains Your Hope, and Holds You Back
- Hero Maker: Five Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders
- David Wilkerson: The Cross, the Switchblade, and the Man Who Believed
About as long, on the Christianity shelf
1,054 Christianity audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
- Love and Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs
- Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: Third Edition with Bonus Content, New Reflections
- All My Knotted-Up Life
- The Paradigm: The Ancient Blueprint That Holds the Mystery of Our Times
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism is an audiobook by Brad Edwards: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Smeby, released April 22, 2025, on the Christianity and Counseling & Inspirational shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Smeby
- Released
- April 22, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Christianity, Counseling & Inspirational
- ISBN
- 9780310166696
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism as an audiobook?
The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism?
The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism is narrated by Mark Smeby.