Pansy Breeders

I read an article that addresses an issues that has been simmering in me for probably over a year:

USAToday had an article on men in the church here.

As Emily and I prepare to step out to plant a church, the lack of men in church and the need to focus on reaching them to create a spiritual heritage for future generations is a REAL BIG DEAL for me. There’s generally not a significant Male Spiritual Heritage in my family.  I know first-hand what the affects of a spiritually luke-warm dad can be like on the spiritual condition of a family.  I want to start a legacy of faith in my family that explodes into the lives of other men and their families.  That’s a recipe for true community transformation.

I’ve been reading and researching a lot of churches doing “manly” things.  I’m not 100% sure how far we’re going to go at Transformation Church in Towson . . . but we’re definitely not going to be the pansy-breeders that a lot of churches I’ve gone to over the years have become.

Can’t help but remember what a preacher friend called my cohort of seminary students: “Yellow-bellied panty-wasters.“  If that’s what we’re training preachers to be, no wonder the church is in such bad shape!