One of the gripes many men have with women who attend church is church women don't know how to think for themselves. They're quick to utter what the pastor said instead of thinking for themselves. Here's an example: Yesterday's broadcast by Tony Evans (an evangelist) was admonishing men. He says: Today's men are feminized. They react to situations just like a woman, and that should not be. Mention men's issues, you get Amens & Hallelujah's; mention women's issues, you get deflection & combativeness. I've noticed a trend: When pastors admonish men for lack of responsibility, women shout him down; that pastor gets on the ladies, crickets chirping. Some women are all for pastors getting on wayward men, but when the script is flipped, there's a problem. Maybe that's why men want nothing to do with church, because men are hip to games. They know that pastors tailor their messages to gain women's approval. Because women make up the majority of the church's congregation, it makes sense to speak in favor of the majority. The issue is over time, you feel convicted for telling people what they want to hear, instead of what they need to hear. The minute a pastor REALLY starts telling the truth, that's when church membership declines. If pastors started getting on wayward women like they do the men, watch church membership drop by over half. That's not going to happen because some pastors are shook by women. Women will listen to preachers talk about what men aren't doing, but they won't listen to a woman televangelist who admonishes them. Ironic.
