Fifty-five worship songs for men
March 2nd, 2011 | Worship | David Murrow | 16 CommentsWhy do worship leaders choose such girly songs, filled with romantic imagery, even when they perform at men’s events? Well, now they don’t have to.
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Why men have stopped singing in church
February 7th, 2011 | Church culture, How we're off the mark, Worship | David Murrow | 288 CommentsIt happened again yesterday. I attended one of those hip, contemporary churches — and almost no one sang. Worshippers stood obediently as the band rocked out, the smoke machine belched and lights flashed. Lyrics were projected on the screen, but almost no one sang them. A few women were trying, but I saw only one [...]
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Astonishment
January 10th, 2011 | Discipling men, Innovative ideas, Men's ministry, Uncategorized | David Murrow | 1 CommentWhen a man knows what’s going on and is in control of his situation, spiritual growth is nearly impossible. But when he is confused and off balance, he must look beyond his own power and understanding.
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Have Christians Stopped Singing?
January 3rd, 2011 | Church culture, How we're off the mark, Uncategorized, Worship | David Murrow | 31 Comments“While the congregation is left in the dark under dim lights, stage lights place the focus on the gifted worship leader — who has in-ear monitors and who sings songs in a key that best fits him or her. The worship leader can’t hear the congregation or see the congregation and they don’t even know that the congregation is not even singing…”
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In Praise of Short Sermons
August 26th, 2009 | Church culture, How we're off the mark, Teaching in the church | David Murrow | 31 CommentsAs I travel the country, nothing I say creates more controversy than this: men would benefit from shorter, simpler sermons. In my Go for the Guys Sunday Action Plan, I advocate a one-point sermon, ten minutes in length, built around an object lesson.
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Revamped Men’s Retreat Brings Guys Back
December 1st, 2007 | Church growth and health, Innovative ideas, Men's ministry | David Murrow | 2 CommentsFor years the Salvation Army in the Southern California division held an annual men’s retreat weekend. We followed a traditional script: men getting together for “fellowship” with sessions on “How to be a happy Christian husband for your happy Christian wife in your happy Christian home.” These were valuable sessions with good speakers, but attendance at the camps was dwindling every year. It became so bad that the church was ready to discontinue the men’s retreats.
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Churchgoing = Pink to Men?
October 12th, 2007 | Church culture, How we're off the mark | David Murrow | 2 CommentsThe Chief of Police in Bangkok, Thailand has discovered the ultimate punishment for wayward officers: they must wear a pink armband emblazoned with “Hello Kitty,” a cutesy favorite of under-10 girls. Other punishments have not deterred tardiness, double parking and littering among officers, but acting chief Pongpat Chayaphan believes the armbands will do the trick. [...]
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Say What? Men Talk as Much as Women?
August 4th, 2007 | Church culture | David Murrow | 1 CommentA recently released study seems to have blown a hole in one of the central premises of my book: that women are more verbal than men, which makes gals more comfortable in our wordy churches.
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The power of a masculine leadership model
June 17th, 2007 | Church culture, Church growth and health, Innovative ideas | David Murrow | 1 CommentWhen you join this church, you are referred to as a soldier.
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Why Men Flock to Islam
March 1st, 2007 | Uncategorized | David Murrow | 14 CommentsOne evening I was speaking to a group in upstate New York. I posed the rhetorical question, “Why do men flock to Islam, while avoiding Christianity?” I didn’t expect an answer, but one woman blurted out, “If Christianity required women to walk behind their husbands and wear burquas, then we’d have a church full of [...]
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Lots of Men = Growing Church
January 15th, 2007 | Church culture, Church growth and health | David Murrow | No CommentsIf your church has a lot of men, it’s probably growing, according to a study from Hartford Seminary. Meanwhile, a surplus of women makes growth much less likely. The study, reported in the Christian Science Monitor, finds congregations that draw more men than women are three times as likely to be growing as female-dominated churches. [...]
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English Vicar Battles Feminized Church
December 14th, 2006 | Church culture, How we're off the mark, Uncategorized | David Murrow | 5 CommentsRev. John Richardson is an Anglican priest who has spent most of his pastorate ministering in a village by the name of Ugley. (John tells me the town is home to The Ugley Women’s Institute. Really.) John is daily steeped in the feminine teapot of modern Anglicanism. After he read my book he felt inspired [...]
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This Battle has been Fought Before
September 26th, 2006 | Church culture, Uncategorized | David Murrow | No CommentsApparently, the battle to re-engage men in the church has been fought — and won — before. An earlier crusade to re-engage men reached churches, businesses — even the White House. I’m reading a fascinating book titled Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920. The book catalogs an earlier movement to restore the [...]
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Why Men Watch 3-Hour Football Games, but Fall Asleep During a 45-Minute Sermon
June 22nd, 2006 | Church culture, Teaching in the church, Uncategorized | David Murrow | 2 CommentsAs I write this, the world is gripped with sports fever. Here in North America big-league hockey and basketball have just crowned new champions. The rest of the planet is focused on the World Cup, where the best soccer teams are battling it out for football supremacy. Men are the primary audience for these sporting [...]
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The Men’s Huddle
March 1st, 2006 | Church culture, Discipling men, Innovative ideas, Teaching in the church | David Murrow | 3 CommentsSecond Chance Church in Peoria, Illinois, a church that publicly and unashamedly targets men, is growing. Pastor Mark Doebler concludes his worship services with something he calls The Men’s Huddle. At the end every service, “Coach Mark” calls the men forward for that week’s game plan. Here’s what Coach Mark has to say about the [...]
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Let Men Use Their Gifts
February 2nd, 2006 | Church culture, How we're off the mark, Men's ministry | David Murrow | 1 CommentMen are not spiritually lazy, as some have suggested. Men want to serve God. The problem is the modern church does not need men’s gifts, or holds them in contempt, equating them with sin.
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College Gender Gap Mimics Church Gap
January 2nd, 2006 | Church culture, How we're off the mark, Teaching in the church | David Murrow | No CommentsChurches and universities are having trouble attracting men for the same reason: both are in the business of dispensing precious knowledge in a classroom setting. Today, fewer men are in the market for this type of experience, which they find boring and irrelevant to their lives.
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Holiday Services and Men
November 26th, 2005 | Church culture, How we're off the mark | David Murrow | 4 CommentsKyle and Bonnie have been married almost twenty years. Kyle hates going to church. Bonnie loves it. This has caused tension in their marriage, as she subtly prays, preaches and prods Kyle toward religion, and he steadfastly resists.?? But Kyle “does Bonnie a favor” and attends church three times a year: Christmas Eve, Easter Sunday [...]
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Women do Masculine, but Men don't do Feminine
October 4th, 2005 | Church culture | David Murrow | 2 CommentsLots of men perceive the church to be a women’s thing. So they avoid it. On the other hand, lots of women perceive the church to be a men’s thing. So they flock to it.
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Women's Ministry for Men
August 15th, 2005 | Discipling men, Men's ministry | David Murrow | 4 CommentsWomen’s and children’s ministries flourish in practically every U.S. congregation, but few churches are able to establish or maintain a vibrant men’s ministry. For example, there are 35,000 United Methodist congregations in the U.S. but only 6,000 offer a chapter of the United Methodist Men’s Organization. Furthermore, most attempts to start a men’s ministry end [...]
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