Church For Men 2: Why Men Aren’t Buying Our Core Product, Part 2

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Church used to be the place and the people with the mission to save your soul. Today, it has largely become the place that saves your messed up family.

As American Christianity rebrands itself to a more “Relationship Oriented Support Group”, they find themselves faced with a problem: The Bible hardly devotes any attention to interpersonal relationships. For instance, the term, “personal relationship with Jesus”, is found nowhere in the Bible. It’s a metaphore created by late 20th century preachers.

Not to say that there is anything wrong with the church dispensing relationship advice – particularly in small groups, counseling opportunities or parachurch ministries.

Dave’s concern is this: If people see the church’s core product as “The Relationship Business”, we set ourselves up for some very tough unintended consequenses.

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