I don’t exactly remember how I got on to Chris Elrod’s blog the other day but I did and I found a great article about church’s that are focusing on men. Well today Church Marketing Sucks Blog picked up on the idea and linked to a site called Church for Men. Real interesting stuff. Back when I served in Savannah we talked about the idea of creating an atmosphere and environment that was more man friendly. Its funny that we don’t ask ourselves this question more often. Why would a man want to come to a church that is flowery and plays soft music? Can we really expect them to come with their families to churches that play more to a woman’s needs? I know that some men come to church. Some, like myself have gotten over feminine aspects of church and aren’t bothered by it but many, many are bothered by it and don’t come.
I know the some of the answers. Women are more likely to volunteer and so we got more of a woman’s touch. Guys don’t want to talk about decorating so we hand it off to the woman who gladly volunteer. Back to the point above, we don’t even think about it.
But how do we change this? Church for Men’s site says that on a given Sunday 61% of church attendance is women and 39% is men. But a better question might be why should we change this? What if more father’s came to church and had their lives transformed by a relationship with Jesus? Don’t you think that would permeate through his family. More Godly dad equals more Godly family.
Check out Church for Men.com, and the book Why Men Hate Going To Church. Check out Chris Elrod’s post about how he got tangled up in this discussion and ask yourself the question does my church do anything to create an environment for non-Christian men?
[tags]Church for men, Chris Elrod, Church Marketing Sucks, Why Men Hate Going To Church[/tags]
