Discipleship - Part 5 Series

Now just imagine someone like Arnold Schwarzenegger as Terminator singing it? Or Stallone, or The Duke, or Clint Eastwood, or Vin Diesal, or Dwayne Johnson?

The men are leaving the church because there is a natural pull away and secondly, because of the feminization of the church—Church, many believe, is for “wusses, wimps, women and children.”

3. There is nothing for men to do.

Statistics show that there is a higher percentage of low achievers and school dropouts among males than females but what do we do when it comes to teaching the Word of God at church? We duplicate the classroom setting of the school system.

Men didn’t like to go to school when their attendance was mandatory. Do you think they will come when attendance is voluntary?

How did Jesus teach the Word of God to His disciples? He used life situations to impart the Word and many times “threw” His disciples into situations where they would learn “On The Job.”

Mark 6:7 And He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits.

Mark 6:8 He commanded them to take nothing for the journey except a staff; no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts;

Mark 6:9 but to wear sandals, and not to put on two tunics.

Mark 6:10 Also He said to them, "In whatever place you enter a house, stay there till you depart from that place.

Mark 6:11 "And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"

Mark 6:12 So they went out and preached that people should repent. Mark 6:13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.

What does this sound like? It sounds like a challenge to a man—an adventure! But unlike the environment Jesus created for His disciples, many of today’s churches offer nothing challenging for a guy to do. He comes to church fearful that someone may find out he is bored and he stays uninterested unless he has a passion for cleaning the church or folding tables and chairs.

If he loves his job it is because he is challenged—projects have deadlines that he must work hard to meet—there are quotas that he must fulfill; a tally that he must compute— budgets that he must keep—customers he must please. His home life is an adventure—he lives to care for his children and please his wife—he wants his home to look as good or even better than his neighbors. But at church, where is the adventure? Where is the challenge?

How do we bring men back to the church?

1. Recognize and accept that there has been a paradigm shift and make the necessary changes to bring the church back to being the kind that honors God and His love for men.

The lack of men in the church has led to a lack of qualified teachers. The Bible teaches that God does not call a woman to pastor a church (1 Timothy 3) but since there are a lack of qualified men, many have taken this to mean that God will accept a woman as a “substitute of grace.” They say, “While this may not be God’s perfect will, it is His permissive will.”