Do Men Hate Going to Church?
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Andrew
I was given an article this week to read from the Challenge Weekly on why men hate going to church. It argues that the world's largest unreached people group are men - apparently a young single man between 18 and 35 is the person least likely to show up in church! David Murrow, who also authored the book Why Men Hate Going to Church blames (among other things) the feminisation of the church and gender neutral bible translations. I don't agree with a lot of what he says (which seems to be to design the church to be alpha male) but it raises an important point. I did appreciate his thoughts on developing a band of brothers who mentor and support each other in discipleship but it's got to be more than chest beating, alpha male, tarzan talk. What are your thoughts? What could we do differently without making the church baptise a white alpha male culture? Go here and check out his website and let me know your thoughts, because I'd love to hear them whether you agree or disagree...
11:24 AM
Mens groups are good at keeping us accountable but in addition, men need a challenge. I think there are plenty of men who want to make a difference not just from the church, but men in all walks of life, and they may even have some idea of what those things are but are unable to make it financially viable or don't know how to start on their own. The key would be for the Church to mobilise these men into action by making it possible to get started. For example the church may have good links into the community via schools and businesses or access to grants that the individual doesn't have. Of course the church might not want to associate with every idea that men come up with, but if the ideas are basically good, there may well be something the church can do to help.