Comments on: Real Men Don’t Do Church – Part One http://www.cvmen.org.uk/blog/2009/08/real-men-dont-do-church-part-one/ Connecting Men to Jesus and the Church to Men Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:54:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Where Have All The Men Gone? – CVM Blog http://www.cvmen.org.uk/blog/2009/08/real-men-dont-do-church-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Where Have All The Men Gone? – CVM Blog Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:53:23 +0000 http://www.cvmen.org.uk/blog/?p=36#comment-173 [...] Real Men Don’t Do Church, Part One [...] [...] Real Men Don’t Do Church, Part One [...]

]]> By: Faith Martin http://www.cvmen.org.uk/blog/2009/08/real-men-dont-do-church-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Faith Martin Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:22:35 +0000 http://www.cvmen.org.uk/blog/?p=36#comment-63 With differing ideas on men's role in the family and society today, churches have an opportunity to reassert men them as men. Bible accounts I have read about our Lord Jesus reveal Him as, what every man would want to be and who every woman would have fallen in love with. He was strong, and it does infuriate me when the impression of Jesus is that of a wimp. Churches need to help men identify more with our Lord Jesus, touching on todays issues that affect men. With differing ideas on men’s role in the family and society today, churches have an opportunity to reassert men them as men. Bible accounts I have read about our Lord Jesus reveal Him as, what every man would want to be and who every woman would have fallen in love with. He was strong, and it does infuriate me when the impression of Jesus is that of a wimp. Churches need to help men identify more with our Lord Jesus, touching on todays issues that affect men.

]]> By: Real Men Don’t Do Church | smokeygecko Thoughts http://www.cvmen.org.uk/blog/2009/08/real-men-dont-do-church-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Real Men Don’t Do Church | smokeygecko Thoughts Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:18:37 +0000 http://www.cvmen.org.uk/blog/?p=36#comment-18 [...] Carl Beech has just finished a four-part series entitled ‘Real Men Don’t Do Church’ over on the CVM Blog. Looking at why men might not find church in the UK appealing today, Carl analyses the problem before offering helpful advice on what to do about it. “Most men completely by-pass church.  They see it as a place that according to a BBC radio su... [...] [...] Carl Beech has just finished a four-part series entitled ‘Real Men Don’t Do Church’ over on the CVM Blog. Looking at why men might not find church in the UK appealing today, Carl analyses the problem before offering helpful advice on what to do about it. “Most men completely by-pass church.  They see it as a place that according to a BBC radio su… [...]

]]> By: Barry http://www.cvmen.org.uk/blog/2009/08/real-men-dont-do-church-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Barry Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:06:24 +0000 http://www.cvmen.org.uk/blog/?p=36#comment-9 My thoughts on men in the church are here: http://www.theporpoisedivinglife.com/porpoise-diving-life.asp?pageID=478 What's needed is a complete change in church culture to allow men to be men. We will be prickly at times; we will be assertive, opinionated and occasionally aggressive. We don't take kindly to being told to sit down, shut up and obey/believe without question. We don't want to have to hide or suppress some part of our lives because it's not acceptable in "polite" church culture. We want and need to be accepted for who we are, not told we must change to fit in with the evangelical subculture. Realistically, will that ever happen? In my experience, churches don't like it when people rock the boat. IMO it's not about putting the hairs back on the chest of the *gospel*, but about making *church* more acceptable to men. My thoughts on men in the church are here: http://www.theporpoisedivinglife.com/porpoise-diving-life.asp?pageID=478

What’s needed is a complete change in church culture to allow men to be men. We will be prickly at times; we will be assertive, opinionated and occasionally aggressive. We don’t take kindly to being told to sit down, shut up and obey/believe without question. We don’t want to have to hide or suppress some part of our lives because it’s not acceptable in “polite” church culture. We want and need to be accepted for who we are, not told we must change to fit in with the evangelical subculture.

Realistically, will that ever happen? In my experience, churches don’t like it when people rock the boat.

IMO it’s not about putting the hairs back on the chest of the *gospel*, but about making *church* more acceptable to men.

]]> By: lee http://www.cvmen.org.uk/blog/2009/08/real-men-dont-do-church-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-6 lee Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:49:36 +0000 http://www.cvmen.org.uk/blog/?p=36#comment-6 challenging stuff Carl - keep it coming we need to think out the box! challenging stuff Carl – keep it coming we need to think out the box!

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