Evangelism. Men. The UK.
Captain Sensible writes: The UK church is haemorrhaging men and most churches have no idea what to do to halt the exodus of believing men, let alone introduce men to Jesus.Currently, the Body of Christ is chronically lacking the masculine traits of leadership, boldness and courage that an equal balance of men would bring to it; something which might just explain why we have such difficulty making an impact into our society.
Meanwhile Christian women wonder where their husband is going to come from, as they patiently "wait on the Lord" and watch as the church blindly continues down the same path that has already led to a 38% decline in the numbers of men overall, and proceeds to emasculate the few that are present.
But there are proven strategies that the church can implement in order to reach out to men in the world, as well as some cracking ideas to gear your church up to receive a harvest of men, and here is an opportunity for those in the south of England to hear them.
Don’t miss a special talk by Rev Carl Beech, national director of Christian Vision for Men, entitled: “Winning Men: How to do it!” to be held on 26th February at 8pm in Watford, Herts, UK.
This talk is organised by St Mary's church, Watford, but to find out more, visit the London Christians website.
Men's outreach: It's time to get serious.
posted by Captain Sensible at 11:32 AM
3 Comments:
I live in the U.S., but found this post especially interesting in light of just having read several articles on Boundless.org advocating, essentially, Christian female passivity.
Hmm - well there is feminine passivity, that believes it is the man's role to initiate and lead a relationship.
And then there is lobotomised passivity -- the kind where women stay at home every night, don't make any effort to get out of the house and meet people, and then excuse their behaviour by saying they are "waiting on the Lord" and "trusting God" to bring them their spouse.
This is really nothing short of putting God to the test, particularly when the mathematical inequality regarding the ratio of women over men is clearly visible right before their very eyes.
What is worse though, is that some men seem to have been infected by that same lobotomised passivity too...
A report in The Times just over two years ago says this:
"Church researchers say that the 45% to 55% male to female split in parish congregations 10 years ago has now shifted to a 37% to 63% split in favour of women."
So all you church leaders focusing on "family" and "children's" ministries to the exclusion of men's outreach - I wonder what the situation will be like for your daughters in a further 10 years' time? Maybe then you will wish you had taken men's ministry more seriously?
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