“Why Men Hate Going To Church”
by David Murrow
by David Murrow
Despite what you might think of the title it is not the aim of this book to send men
away from church. Not even to call men back to church. Rather its intention is to call the church back to them. Change the “thermostat” as Murrow puts it. After all, and you might find this surprising, men are the largest unreached people group.Why is this the case? Well the book covers a lot of bases. None in any great detail but enough to make the reader think about their own church and their relationship with God. It will also hopefully open up channels of conversation with friends and/or people in their own church.
Men are different, and perhaps the biggest mistake our Christian sisters make is to try and change us into how they think we ought to be. Instead they should accept who we are and celebrate that we have a masculine spirit, using it to their advantage and for the growth of God’s kingdom.
Murrow gives plenty of practical methods for “changing the thermostat.” He focuses on the areas of leadership, pastors, teaching, worship, women and ministry in his chapter Restoring the Masculine Spirit in the Church.
Well worth a read for all blokes and all women who care for the spiritual lives of their blokes.
For more information on David Murrow's mens ministries check out his Church for Men website or its sister site Speaking of Men. Or you can even learn how to pray with a man without totally freaking him out. Checkout other David Murrow books at Koorong.
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2 comments:
Tim,
This is always an interesting one for me, I remember the first talk I heard on this topic was at Men Meeting the challenge (06?) by an andrew something.
It is very true, and something that needs to change yet seems so hard.
What is your favourite practical suggestions to help alleviate some of this hatred.
I think the way we structure a church service might be a good place to start. Things to consider is minimal music, shorter sermons or long ones broken into 2 parts, visual elements (eg powerpoint, video, drama sketches, etc).
By the way, I was with you during that talk. It was done by Andrew Cameron in 2006 and he referred to this book. It has taken me that long to read it.
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