Chickified Churchboys–Where are all the Dudes?
September 23rd, 2006 | | Category: Asking Why Questions, Culture, General, Shifting Our Thinking | 34 Comments »

In an interview for a conference coming up Mark Driscoll said something that was very funny and very sad in addressing American Christians as he was sharing about church planting and assessment. Driscoll states,”60% of Christians are chicks and the 40% that are dudes are still sorta chicks, it’s.. just sad”. Adam hit on this in his post Does Biblical Manhood Still Exist? and I just wanted to recap on it. We must reach young men for Christ and train them in the Word as we encourage them to be men. I know that this topic can be somewhat vague when we talk about “manhood” but Driscoll makes some great points that I think are worth listening too. Is it true that most churches target 40 year old women? If so, why??!!?? Listen to his comments to better understand my question. If we reach the young men we will reach their families and their culture. I do not downplay the need to reach women and young women and their influence on others, by all means we need to reach and teach everyone, but listen to Driscoll’s thoughts on this and let us know what you think.
