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Reaching Men- Gary Lamb

  • Ezekiel 22:30 ”I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none.
  • 65% attending church are women; 25% married attend without their husband; 70% of teenage boys leave the church for good.
  • the church is not meeting men’s needs.
  • men don’t go to church because they have been.
  • churches have catered everything including programs for women.
  • decorations are geared towards women.
  • men are looking for men they can respect…a manly man.

Practical ways to reach men:

  • We live with the conviction that if you reach the man, you reach the family.   If you reach the man first…87% chance to reach the family…the woman first….17%.
  • How will a fifth grade boy respond?
  • Most churches beat around the bush when it comes to reaching men, we beat the crap out of the bush.
  • Design services around reaching men:
  1. How will a man be drawn to this…from the music to the graphics to the series title.
  2. Language is geared towards men.
  3. Messages are anthem and challenge driven.
  4. Mother’s day was geared towards men since it is most popular day that men come.
  5. Guitar driven…most men will not sing. No music stands.
  6. Men like toys.  Good music equipment. 
  7. A lot of secular music….30-35%…song has to fit the message.
  8. Rarely have women on the stage. Men want to see men on stage.
  9. No love songs to Jesus.
  10. Graphics are horrible at reaching men. No stock photos.  No artsy.
  11. Dress like dudes, not italian models.
  12. Look like the people in your community.
  13. Teach to men….use normal language.  Very challenging.
  14. Anything done outside of Sunday is geared towards men.
  15. Make Jesus a dude.  Not the limp-wristed, perm-haired guy, but the carpenter dude who is not afraid to offend someone.
  16. Real.  Uncensored.  Ballsy.

See you soon….Peace Out…