Where Have All The Men Gone

About the Book

I have found that there a so many issues that need to be addressed in the Church today. Not just in the Methodist church but in all Christian churches. I have realized that one need is to get Men back into church. Most congregations will have from 60% to 75% of Sunday service consisting of woman. We used to have congregations that were made up of at least half men. Why have they left and where did they go? I have tried to address this issue in this book. We have got to make church more friendly and comfortable for men. Many men feel that the Church has become feminine. Think about your church for a minute. What impression will a 25 year old construction worker have when he inters your church for the fi rst time? Do the men in your church welcome fi rst time men visitors? Are there activities in your church that this 25 year old construction worker can get involved in? There are many questions that need to be answered by us in our quest to regain the male presence that has become a missing part of our church today. I hope that this book will get some of you to try to answer these questions and start on the path to returning men back to Church. It will certainly make our churches stronger.

About the Author

I was born in an Army family. My Mother was a Pennsylvania Baptist and my Father was a North Carolina Methodist. I was raised on military bases throughout the country, mostly in Texas. When my father went overseas, where we could not go, (WWII and Korea) my mother and I would move back to West Texas. There I was involved in a small Methodist church. This church had a very strong male presence that is missing in today’s church. After I fi nished High School I went into the Air Force for 6 years. I traveled throughout Europe and later as a DOD contractor I traveled in Asia. I attended a number of churches during this time. I was searching for something. I did not know what it was but was sure I would recognize it when I found it. After a near death experience (a heart attack at age 35) I realized that what I was looking for was already in my life. My God had never left me, I had left Him. I returned to the Methodist church and went back to school. After getting a couple of associate degrees and watching my career grow I had another near death experience. This time I knew that I had to change my ways. My faith and my heart were not in the right place. The fi rst challenge I have accepted is to try to get Men to return to Church.