Why Men Hate Going To Church - David Murrow

This is an excellent book. The title is intentionally provocative, but the book is more about asking hard questions than it is about about bashing the Church. Murrow's point is that we have a major problem in the church. The men are missing. Most men would never be caught dead in a typical church service and most of the ones who are there physically are not engaging in church and they certainly aren't leading. One of the major reasons is that churches often emphasize feminine strengths and gifts and minimize or even demonize masculine strengths. When Jesus' is taught he is softened to fit the mold acceptable to modern christianity. This has been my husband's experience and this is the issue that David Murrow addresses.

One slight criticism of the aurthors approach is that, like my previous statement, he makes sweeping generalizations that will cause some people to be defensive. While I agree that what David says is not true of all men in church or of all churches, but the exceptions prove the rule and the trend is moving that way.

My husband added that this is an important book for any church leader or mens ministry leader to read in order to evaluate their own ministry. For those of us who have been in church our whole lives it is often hard to step outside our presuppositions and ask if our ministry is actually helping men become better men.

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