Doug Hankins (Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is a pastor, professor, and friend to countless single adults he’s walked alongside for more than 20 years. He serves as the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in Winter Park, Florida, and teaches as an Associate Professor at the Baptist University of Florida. Over the years, Doug has listened to the hopes, frustrations, and quiet courage of people navigating life outside of marriage—and he’s learned that singleness isn’t something to fix, but something to understand more deeply. With the heart of a pastor, the curiosity of a storyteller, and the training of a scholar, he brings a rare blend of empathy and insight to a topic too often misunderstood. In this book, Doug offers a fresh vision of singleness—not as what’s missing, but as what’s meaningful.
