Saturday, September 19, 2009

Why Men Hate Going To Church

‘Why Men Hate Going To Church’ by David Murrow is the best and most important Christian book I have read.
As expected from the title, the book is about the gender gap in Christianity and explains why many men are disinterested in church. It looks at spirituality, psychology, biology, and clearly explains how most churches are geared at women rather than men. It explains why this is such a problem, and why it is crucial that the church is called back to men. It also suggests many things that churches, leaders, and Christians in general can do to change the situation.
I won’t attempt to describe what the book says, because I will end up just quoting it all. Every page is packed with so much truth it’s incredible. Every minute or so I found myself getting very excited about how right the book was in what it was saying. By the way, Murrow is clear that he is not suggesting a male-dominated church – he’s suggesting a balanced church, but the church at the moment is very unbalanced.
I am not exaggerating in saying that this is the one book I think all Christians should read. Seriously – what this book says could completely change Christianity and solve the problem of the gender gap. Sorting out the problem will not only balance the genders however, it will revitalise the church in every area.
Read this book! Get it from Amazon here, or ask to borrow my copy.

23 comments:

Unknown said...

I thought my church, while having a gender gap, was relatively balanced compared to many churches.

I did a quick head count this morning of 18s and over.

Male: 30
Female: 66

Worrying.

Unknown said...

This Sunday, 27/9/09:

Male: 63
Female: 84

Unknown said...

The first week's male % was 31.3%.
The second week was 42.9%.

This Sunday, 4/10/09:

Male: 85
Female: 122
Male %: 41.1%

Unknown said...

Sunday evening service: 29:42, 40.8%

Monday evening prayer meeting: 20:18, 52.6%

Unknown said...

11/10/09...

Morning worship: 128:185, 40.9%
Crux: 22:18, 55%
Connecting: 42:73, 36.5%

Unknown said...

18/10/09...

Morning worship - 98:138, 41.5%

Connecting - 57:80, 41.6%

Unknown said...

25/10/09:

Morning worship - 92:135:40.5%

Connecting - 59:72:45.0%

Unknown said...

1/11/09:

Morning Worship: 104:136, 43.3%
Connecting: 53:77, 40.8%

2/11/09 Prayer evening: 18:25, 41.9%

Unknown said...

8/11/09

Morning worship: 84:102, 45.1%
Crux: 21:21, 50%
Connecting: 44:79, 35.8%

Unknown said...

15/11/09:

Morning Worship: 92:131, 41.3%
Evening guest service: 69:93, 42.6%

Unknown said...

17/11/09 AGM

25:20, 55.6%

Unknown said...

22/11/09:

Morning worship: 70:103, 40.5%
Crux: 23:16, 59.0%
CWG: 61:88, 41.0%

Unknown said...

29/11/09:

Morning worship: 102:145, 41.3%
Crux: 18:17, 51.4%

Unknown said...

6/12/09:

Morning Worship: 90:127, 41.5%

Unknown said...

13/12/09:

Morning worship - 112:172, 39.4%
Crux - 23:9, 71.9%
CWG - 45:45, 50%

Unknown said...

01/01/10:

Morning worship: 34:39, 46.6%

Unknown said...

10/01/10:
Morning Worship: 65:69, 48.5%

Unknown said...

11/01/10

Prayer evening - 22:21, 51.2%

Unknown said...

24/1/10:

Morning worship - 104:118, 46.8%
Crux - 29:19, 60.4%
Connecting - 55:86, 39.0%

Unknown said...

31/1/10:
Crux - 23:17, 57.5%
Connecting - 53:83, 43.9%

1/2/10 prayer - 18:23, 43.9%

Unknown said...

7/2/10

Morning Worship: 92:105, 46.7%

Unknown said...

I have decided not to post any more attendances here; instead I am kieeping records in Excel. Graphs may follow, cos I'm cool like that.

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