Barna Finds Men Alienated from Church

Check this LINK for a rather disturbing bit of data from Barna about men in the church. The article states: Among the  bad news about American religiosity was the continued rise in the number of unchurched Americans and the continuing alienation of men from churches.
    He said the number of unchurched adults has nearly doubled from 38 million adults to 75 million in the past decade. The "unchurched" trend was strongest among men, people younger than 40, singles and people living in coastal states.
    Those Christian men who say they are "deeply spiritual" and possess an "active faith" (meaning church attendance, regular prayer and Bible reading) is declining. Although men are slightly less than half of the national population, they constitute 55 percent of the unchurched, he said, and represent only 38 percent of the born-again public.
    "Men who are leaders typically aren't allowed to lead within the church," he said. "They come into an environment where the senior pastor is a teacher pretending to lead. Thus, men who are called and gifted as leaders become a threat to the pastor. For those men, church is a very frustrating place to be."
    In addition, he said, "Church is not intellectually challenging for them. Men look around and see how poorly run the ministry is — in ways they could never get away with in their business — and they're not willing to put up with that on their free time. And they don't have any meaningful relationships arising from their church.

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[Angie Witmer]

I'd like to check the link...what is it? :)