Godmen Featured In Today's Tennessean

Faith: Reuniting God and man
Group aims to bring masculinity back into churches

By CHARLES BOOTH
Staff Writer

Here's an excerpt from the article:

"There's a sense, a realization that often church, it's not geared to male sensibilities," Stine said. "We see things different. We feel things different. We respond differently. Usually in a church environment, it gives a sense that it responds better to women's sensibilities than men's because it's softer. Church isn't rugged."

Group helps explore issues

While there's a place for the softer message, Stein said, some of the people in the pews aren't really identifying with it. He used the example of Jesus confronting the money changers in the temple. That story is often overlooked for more sensitive subjects, such as turning the other cheek, but some men might identify more with this masculine image of Jesus.

"We don't get taught the table-tipping guy. We've heard of him. And we've accepted the fact that he tipped over the money changer's tables and took a whip to people, but somehow we view that story as a metaphor as opposed to truth."

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Charles Booth is also seeking men's clubs:
Does your house of worship have a men's club or organization? We'd like to learn more about it. Contact Charles Booth at cbooth @tennessean.com or call 771-5432.

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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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read more at CEO Fellowship.

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Today he is an internationally known evangelist who utilizes world-class feats of strength to captivate his audiences while he shares a life changing gospel message. All are amazed as he rips through thick phonebooks with ease, crushes steel with his bare hands, drives nails through planks with one blow of his fist, rolls frying pans into a tube shape and stops roaring motorcycles from trying to break his grip.

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