Men and Church

I'm back after a rather long hiatus - one additional baby and lots of good stories later!



The other morning, Jackson was talking about going to church. He said that when he was an adult, he wasn't going to go to church. I said, "Don't you want to take your kids to church?" He said, "No, if I have a wife, she will be the one to take them.

I almost fell over! His dad takes him to church every week, his mom is the pastor, and out of his mouth comes this statement that is so in line with traditional gender roles! Where did he absorb such a common stereotype? I couldn't believe what he was saying!

But he did bring up an interesting point - the feminization of the church. For many years, the church has been seen as the "women's domain". We are blessed - our congregation has many families where both partners attend and worship regularly and we have men in leadership roles from our children's ministries through our senior ministries. Being a female pastor, I am acutely aware of the need to have a balance of male-female leadership and to have strong men's ministries. If we miss out on me, we miss a huge amount of gifts and of lives that can be transformed.

What do you think?