"Church is boring." "It's irrelevant." "It's full of hypocrites."
You've heard the excuses--now learn the real reasons men and boys are
fleeing churches of every kind, all over the world, and what we can do
about it.
Women comprise more than 60% of the adults in a typical worship service
in America. Some overseas congregations report ten women for every man
in attendance. Men are less likely to lead, volunteer, and give in the
church. They pray less, share their faith less, and read the Bible less.
In Why Men Hate Going to Church, David Murrow identifies the barriers
keeping many men from going to church, explains why it's so hard to
motivate the men who do attend, and also takes you inside several
fast-growing congregations that are winning the hearts of men and boys.
In this completely revised, reorganized, and rewritten edition of the
classic book, with more than 70 percent new content, explore topics
like:
- The increase and decrease in male church attendance during the past
500 years
- Why Christian churches are more feminine even though men are often
still the leaders
- The difference between the type of God men and women like to worship
- The lack of volunteering and ministry opportunities for men
- The benefits men get from attending church regularly
Men need the church but, more importantly, the church needs men. The
presence of enthusiastic men is one of the surest predictors of church
health, growth, giving, and expansion. Why Men Hate Going to Church
does not call men back to church--it calls the church back to men.
