Church for Men---Where are all the men?
From ChurchForMen.com:
You’re not just imagining it: Christianity is short on men. Here are the facts:
The typical U.S. Congregation draws an adult crowd that’s 61% female, 39% male. This gender gap shows up in all age categories.
On any given Sunday there are 13 million more adult women than men in America’s churches.
This Sunday almost 25 percent of married, churchgoing women will worship without their husbands.
Midweek activities often draw 70 to 80 percent female participants.
The majority of church employees are women (except for ordained clergy, who are overwhelmingly male).
As many as 90 percent of the boys who are being raised in church will abandon it by their 20th birthday. Many of these boys will never return.
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You’re not just imagining it: Christianity is short on men. Here are the facts:
The typical U.S. Congregation draws an adult crowd that’s 61% female, 39% male. This gender gap shows up in all age categories.
On any given Sunday there are 13 million more adult women than men in America’s churches.
This Sunday almost 25 percent of married, churchgoing women will worship without their husbands.
Midweek activities often draw 70 to 80 percent female participants.
The majority of church employees are women (except for ordained clergy, who are overwhelmingly male).
As many as 90 percent of the boys who are being raised in church will abandon it by their 20th birthday. Many of these boys will never return.
MORE..
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1 Comments:
At 12:37 PM , PastorT said...
Praise The Lord!!! I see that this question is asked in every church, not just the so called "black" church (i hate that designation) I recently read on churchformen.com an article about why men are so attracted to Islam. In our communities, we are loosing men to Islam Below are a few insights I shared w/them...
Praise The Lord,
> I read you article about why men are attracted to Islam. I
> think the order is different and there are some reasons that you
> didn't include but you should be aware of.
>
> 1. Men need the support of other men. Most churches offer nothing
> in the way of men’s ministry or small groups. What a tragedy.
> Although it’s initially hard to engage men in a small group, once
> they do get involved, they’re usually hooked. Their faith deepens.
> Their lives change. This is your number four, but should be your
> number one. You are mainly talking about African-American males
> with this topic and usually they are ex convicts. They see a church
> (African-American) that is woman heavy and usually led by women.
> They see no place in the church for them. Even the message is
> usually directed to women and most of the conditions preached about
> are usually female issues. One only need watch TD Jakes and Jamaal
> Bryant to see what I'm talking about. Unless it is a special
> "message to men" type of service, men usually do not feel included.
> Even most of the church movies aimed at the African-American
> audience have a feminine point of view (Woman Thou Art Loosed-TD
> Jakes, Diary Of A Mad Black Woman-Tyler Perry) It's only now with
> "Daddy's Little Girl" that the "good" black man is even mentioned,
> much less addressed.
>
> 2. The feminization of the Word. The GodMen have this one right!
> Jesus is usually portrayed as a wimpy man who never defended him
> self. For men who's whole quest is to prove their manhood this is
> not good. To this point, this is goal usually pursued in negative
> ways. This is for a variety of reasons, no father in the home,
> manhood defined by the streets, no other positive male role models.
> Islam's representatives tell them that they can attain faith while
> simultaneously retaining their masculinity. For them, this is
> tantamount to spiritual crack.
>
> 3. The Malfeasance Of The Black Church. Yes this is a biggie.
> People are hungry and homeless in the 'hood and they see the church
> as a perpetual money raising, no daycare or food bank having,
> pastor high livin, judgmental, no love having, place of
> condemnation. They don't go because it's seems to them that the
> church is more concerned about their appearance and past than
> saving their soul. This also applies to for the young men who
> complain they can't wear their braids, dreads, hoodies (a jacket
> with a hood), timms (Timberland boots) or tats (tattoos) except
> maybe on "dress down" day.
>
> In short, it has been said that black America is a community
> of two religions-Christianity for the women and Islam for the men.
> I just wanted to make you aware of these things a a member of this
> culture.
>
> Yours In The Master's Work,
>
> Pastor Rodger N. Taylor
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