The longer I'm in church leadership, the more convinced I am that the lion's share of ministry focus needs to be directed toward men. With spiritually robust men, the women and children of the church will be taught well and will be protected, provided for and flourish. But when they're absent....
You cannot have a thriving church without a core of men who are true followers of Christ. If men are dead, the church is dead....
If we want to change the world, we must focus on men....
When men are absent and anemic the body withers....
The church and the Titanic have something in common: It's 'women and children first'. The great majority of ministry in Protestant churches is focused on children, next on women....
Men don't follow programs; they follow other men. A woman may choose a church because of the programs it offers, but a man is looking for another man he can follow.
- David Murrow, Why Men Hate Going To Church, pp. 8, 41, 43 & 59
Therefore, in 2010 I'm turning up the volume on equipping men to become biblically valiant leaders. Interested, guys? Ask me about it.
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