Men and fathers have a responsibility to create a church of all people.
By Moabi Pitsi A few days ago, we celebrated Father's Day. One cannot ignore such an important day in the history of men. It is one of the few days that acknowledge and celebrate men and fathers in a positive way. Besides the drive to make sure we buy all sorts of things to appease men and father's in our lives, there should be more to the story of men on Father's Day, especially in the church and the Kingdom of God. Men, fathers and the church of all people Men and fathers have a responsibility to make sure that the church accommodates all people. At one church, 97 % of congregants are women, and only 3 % male. The contrast is 80 % of church elders are males, but somehow driven through a largely women-based value system. What this means is that often, we are creating more and more values of woman-dominated church at the exclusion of the man. As a result, the churches find it difficult to appeal to the male-figure, let alone being male-friendly. On the flip side, we ...