Posted on 06/13/2015 5:42:16 AM PDT by Kolokotronis
In a time when churches of every description are faced with Vanishing Male Syndrome, men are showing up at Eastern Orthodox churches in numbers that, if not numerically impressive, are proportionately intriguing. This may be the only church which attracts and holds men in numbers equal to women. As Leon Podles wrote in his 1999 book, The Church Impotent: The Feminization of Christianity,
The Orthodox are the only Christians who write basso profundo church music, or need to.
Rather than guess why this is, I emailed a hundred Orthodox men, most of whom joined the Church as adults. What do they think makes this church particularly attractive to men? Their responses, below, may spark some ideas for leaders in other churches, who are looking for ways to keep guys in the church.
(Excerpt) Read more at journeytoorthodoxy.com ...
The Wesleys are spinning in their graves.
Who is Texantothecore?
I hope not; when I was at Exeter we sang their hymns on occasion at chapel. I liked them. I also liked the “Pilgrim Hymnal” which was the regular one we used. It included Ein Feste Burg. 400 hundred young guys singing that lustily...it was great!
One of the theologian’s whom I am attempting to read everything he ever wrote. Kind of stalled out on his book about Mary right now
What ages are the women? I ask because there is a massive number of unchurched youth, mainly due to fervent attacks on God and Christianity in government schools.
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