Snacks served after services.
Posted on 09/23/2024 1:18:11 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
On a beautiful Sunday morning in early September, dozens of young men in Waco, Texas, started their day at Grace Church.
Men greeted visitors at the door, manned the information table and handed out bulletins. Four of the five musicians onstage were men. So was the pastor who delivered the sermon and most of the college students packing the first few rows.
“I’m so grateful for this church,” Ryan Amodei, 28, told the congregation before a second pastor, Buck Rogers, baptized him in a tank of water in the sanctuary.
Grace Church, a Southern Baptist congregation, has not made a conscious effort to attract young men. It is an unremarkable size, and is in many ways an ordinary evangelical church. Yet its leaders have noticed for several years now that young men outnumber young women in their pews. When the church opened a small outpost in the nearby town of Robinson last year, 12 of the 16 young people regularly attending were men.
“We’ve been talking about it from the beginning,” said Phil Barnes, a pastor at that congregation, Hope Church. “What’s the Lord doing? Why is he sending us all of these young men?”
The dynamics at Grace are a dramatic example of an emerging truth: For the first time in modern American history, young men are now more religious than their female peers. They attend services more often and are more likely to identify as religious.
“We’ve never seen it before,” Ryan Burge, an associate professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, said of the flip.
Among Generation Z Christians, this dynamic is playing out in a stark way: The men are staying in church, while the women are leaving at a remarkable clip.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
And in related news, young women are more radically liberal than they have been at any time in US history.
We are still in between #1 & #2, regardless of this recent trend. Wheat from the chaff.
I’m not sure what the nyt angle is on this story but when an obviously secular media outlet starts referring to “religion” you better beware.
The past Great Awakenings tended to be male led. We may be in the early stages of the next one.
Girls just want to have fun. And with modern social media it is easier than ever for young women to make bad decisions.
“ And in related news, young women are more radically liberal than they have been at any time in US history.”
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And yet they get very upset if anyone DARE ask them for their “body count”.
Most the man hating shrews are atheists.
“NY Times’ author = Ruth Graham”
Different Ruth Graham :)
Of course. Am merely wondering if anyone at The Times would know of the original....
Every young single conservative man needs to be a ‘mentor’ to these young women.
Their venom-let them spit it out and gently in a loving manner correct them. When they dump you go on to the next one. Some day the childless cat lady will remember you. Will they want you back? Let’s just say you’ll be in the driver’s seat if they’re still breeding stock.
This is a good thing.
Strong godly men will not tolerate ungodly women.
It’s usually the women leading wishy-washy men to or away from God.
If the man is firm in his faith, he will attract godly women to him.
I had an ex girlfriend who would call me up after each time she got divorced. My gut told me to run like hell after we had been dating for about 6 months. She has been through 4 husbands. Maxed out on the hot crazy matrix.
The Women’s Movement has taken women including a lot of Christian women, off the deep end.
Ours are leaning towards Priesthood.
Snacks served after services.
**I had an ex who would call me up after each time she got divorced. My gut told me to run like hell. 4 husbands. Maxed out on the hot crazy matrix.**
I’m sure the sex was great.
College age guys are no different.
It’s one of the most obnoxious age groups going, with 11 & 12 year old boys being a close second.
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