Why Men Hate Going to Church

Brilliant book! Full of Americanisms, but if you can cope with those it's chock-full of ways to make church more man-friendly, and win back all those husbands and sons who can't see what Christian faith might hold for them.

A big step on the road to a healthy Church (0/0 people found this helpful)

I have been struggling for several to understand why I was having trouble with going to Church. Like David there was a time when my faith was finely poised. I had worked out my problem was with Church not my faith, and I had read may books in order to understand what the problem was. But now I do and so many things that have happened to me and to other men suddenly make so much sense. The relief is tempered with growing understanding of how big the problem is. As David said we must be careful to stress that it's not a question of being anti feminist, but seeking to end the suppression of male spirituality and wanting to restore a healthy balance of male and female spirituality in the Church. To realise that Jesus is a courageous leader who challenged cultural norms on one hand and confronted the Pharisees on the other. Everyone Christian who is interested in a healthy Church must read this for the insight they will gain into the problems of the Church.

I could not put this book down (2/2 people found this helpful)

This book is outstanding. The authors observations on Church life & Male/Female character & needs are simple, but at the same time incisive. At last a book that gathers up all the stuff I have read from John Eldredge & others & connects it to my experiences. This is where the rubber hits the road. This is without doubt one of the best books I have read, and I sense it will sharpen me up & give me new vigour & direction, having first comforted me & helped me see why I find Church so frustrating at times. A must read.

This should surprise nobody (2/3 people found this helpful)

Of course the author's description of masculinity doesn't appeal to everyone. Yes it's a bit of a stereotype and may seem outdated to men who are better connected to their feminine side. However, the problem Murrow highlights is a very real one. The church has a soft feminine centre that many men simply cannot engage with. You may not like Murrow's manly attitude but he's brought into the open a problem that the church has to face up to or die.

Extremely Challenging (2/3 people found this helpful)

As a lifelong church member, and lifelong man, I found this book extremely challenging for the whole church. This is not a book about men for men, or about men for women. This is for the whole church, about transforming their church. Even as I read it, I began to understand better some of my frustrations and struggles with the church, even though I was looking "from within".

Some of the examples, and obviously much of the experience, is from the point of view of the American church, and there are some generalisations. However, the book was much more 'palatable' to my European background than I had expected, and the generalisations are only there because they are, in general, true.

One of the most life- and church-changing books that I have read in a number of years.

Why Men Hate Going to Church

David Murrow

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