http://www.whychurch.org.uk/gendergap.php
In light of your podcast with @bethany when I stumbled on this I thought of you
This is pretty distressing reading and very blunt - "Men will be absent from church by 2028 at the current rate" and the departure of men is, according to statistics anyway, "speeding up"
It states Mentioned that men are increasingly not applying to be priests/vicars/ministers etc
Church attendance in the UK has dropped by 50% since 1950, and "has become a place by women for women"
Also, that two thirds of the UK Christian populations do not attend a church.........
Those few quotes made me re-read them several times!
@Berrybunchfamily @sinbach wow, this is super sad
@bethany @sinbach yep...some of those quotes are really upsetting
Especially that 2/3 of british Christians don't attend a church... We're currently part of that 2/3 while we continue to get past, well, lets just call them 'troubles
My passion has historically been to reach the lost in church...maybe I need to start thinking about the 2/3...especially since we're part of those numbers
@Berrybunchfamily @bethany @sinbach Have you considers a home meeting? Unchurched people are much more likely to come sit around your kitchen table and talk about God than to go into a church to listen to a preacher.
@Berrybunchfamily @bethany @sinbach Using the gifts God gave you where He calls you is the best place to be!
@Will @bethany @sinbach
house church is an option, but my calling and gifting is within the established church, with all its issues and problems
And I know that people love engaging with Jesus in church, and, in the right context, that's where the gifts I have can make the most difference