Summary of David Murrow's Why Men Hate Going to Church

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#1 There is something buzzing around our churches that is sucking the lifeblood out of our men. But women seem largely unaffected. We will begin to identify this pesky affliction in the next six chapters.

#2 Men freely acknowledge the goodness of Christ, but they cannot see a place for themselves within the church. They feel that church is irrelevant to their lives, and they don’t feel like they need to go to church to be good people.

#3 Christianity’s primary delivery system, the local church, is perfectly designed to give us the results we’re getting. Men don’t see a compelling role for themselves within it, so they choose a church that doesn’t suck.

#4 The church is designed to fit the Venus values. Men who possess these values are usually comfortable in church, while men who possess Mars values are not.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 29, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669377740

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

There is something buzzing around our churches that is sucking the lifeblood out of our men. But women seem largely unaffected. We will begin to identify this pesky affliction in the next six chapters.

#2

Men freely acknowledge the goodness of Christ, but they cannot see a place for themselves within the church. They feel that church is irrelevant to their lives, and they don’t feel like they need to go to church to be good people.

#3

Christianity’s primary delivery system, the local church, is perfectly designed to give us the results we’re getting. Men don’t see a compelling role for themselves within it, so they choose a church that doesn’t suck.

#4

The church is designed to fit the Venus values. Men who possess these values are usually comfortable in church, while men who possess Mars values are not.

#5

As a church becomes more focused on Venus ways of knowing, thinking, and ministering, power flows to men who know how to function in an environment dominated by feminine gifts and values. Men who are verbal, studious, musical, and sensitive rise to the top.

#6

The church has always been a men’s club, with the exception of women’s events and pastoral conferences. Men are the only ones who actually practice their faith.

#7

The man-in-charge fallacy is when people judge an organization’s leader based on the members who elected him, when in reality, the leader does not reflect the rank and file. Men and women struggle with the same issues of pride, father issues, and distraction when it comes to going to church.

#8

The US Congregational Life Survey found that while the US population is split fairly evenly between men and women, there are more women than