Boys will be… wait, where’d they all go?

Very interesting post from a guest contributer over at Jason Clark’s blog (always worth a read) asking what the church needs to do about the noticeable imbalance between the genders in todays church (there just aren’t that many blokes in churches).

I know that in my experience so much of the comments in the article ring true. We’re peddling a message (if you’ll excuse the crudity of the terminology) of how great it is to be in love with Jesus, and missing the call to action – we’ve lost the adventure that this Christian life is supposed to be. Which is perhaps why we’re seeing the opposite issue in the Emerging church arena (particularly in leadership) – the people who are most disillussioned by the way church is working at the moment, are the people who are getting out there and doing stuff.

Worth thinking about.

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3 Comments

  1. Bec
    Posted 14 August, 2006 5:00 pm at 5:00 pm | Permalink

    About half way down this post are my thoughts on that article.

    Shameless plug, but it’s relevant!

  2. Bec
    Posted 14 August, 2006 5:01 pm at 5:01 pm | Permalink

    …this is the link

  3. geoff
    Posted 14 August, 2006 6:07 pm at 6:07 pm | Permalink

    Had to edit the comments into shape – someone needs to teach you how to write a link in HTML!

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  1. By A Good Love is Hard to Find « all said and done on 26 September, 2006 3:57 pm at 3:57 pm

    [...] Boys will be… wait, where’d they all go? references an article on men in church. Although that I think that the point does need to be put across, that perhaps the ‘everyone fall in love with Jesus/Jesus is your boyfriend’ business is definitely offputting to males, it’d be nice to acknowledge that it isn’t the worlds most thrilling idea to a lot of females. [...]

  2. By all said and done » A Good Love is Hard to Find on 28 September, 2006 5:52 pm at 5:52 pm

    [...] Boys will be… wait, where’d they all go? references an article on men in church. Although that I think that the point does need to be put across, that perhaps the ‘everyone fall in love with Jesus/Jesus is your boyfriend’ business is definitely offputting to males, it’d be nice to acknowledge that it isn’t the worlds most thrilling idea to a lot of females. [...]