DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — No hymnals. No pews. No steeple.
No stained glass windows. And no women.
This ain't your grandma's church.
Organizers of the Church For Men say that guys
are "bored stiff"in many churches today.
The Church For Men meets one Saturday
evening a month, drawing about 70 guys dressed
in everything but straight-laced shirts and neckties.
The service features a rock band, a shot clock
to time the preacher's message and a one-hour in-and-out
guarantee.
The church is part of a national movement to reverse what many
Christian pastors and ministers are calling a troubling trend.
Studies show that men are less likely than women to show up
on Sunday mornings, and the reaction has been an emerging
testosterone theology of sorts. Churches nationwide are now
reaching out to men
i dont even know where to start...
shot clocks to time the preacher... one hour guarantees because men are "bored stiff" in church.
to think that there are people in the who risk physical beatings, torture, and even death to worship god, it makes me ashamed that because we are so inconvenienced by church we put in what amounts to a "drive through." so we arent bored by the gospel of our god.
its too bad he isnt more interesting.
may god deliver us from self... soon...
3 comments:
i understand your sentiment about the shot clocks and about the "drive through" church. but what if someone were to come here that normally wouldn't come to a "normal" church like you and i attend. what if they came and were so intrigued that they began to change their life and began to worship God in the way that He wants us to and then joined in fellowship with a "real" church? there could be some validity in this process.
just a thought.
"what if someone were to come here that normally wouldn't come to a "normal" church like you and i attend. what if they came and were so intrigued that they began to change their life and began to worship God in the way that He wants us to and then joined in fellowship with a "real" church?"
Amen, that is exactly what is happening at Church for Men. I am one of the organizers. Men are coming who have not been to church in 9 to 11 years. They are not only finding Godly men and enouragement. They are finding home churches.
Mike Ellis
Church for Men Florida
brandon and mike,
i will respond in a post to follow this one, because i think the discussion will be helpful to a lot of people, including myself. i dont want it to get "lost" in the comments section.
that being said, anyone, please feel free to continue commenting.
-stephen
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