David Murrow authored “Why Men Hate Going To Church”. Murrow says men and women are different, and to bring men back to the fold, modern day churches must change their thinking.

“The feminine spirit is a wonderful thing, Murrow says, a healthy church has to have it, but most churches today are out of balance, he writes, brimming with the feminine spirit while short on the masculine spirit”. Murrow continues, “a church must have both”. Traditionally, there are more women in the pews on any given Sunday, and the divide can create more than just empty seats. Panhandle churches of different denominations offer men’s ministries in an effort to attract brothers, sons and fathers. But is the gender gap closing?  One area church is putting its effort in men and families.

Living Word Fellowship in Panama City hopes men and women, husbands and wives will serve in ministries like children’s church, Sunday school and even the daycare.

Dr. Hayward Miller, Pastor of Living Word Fellowship says, kids and young people  don’t always have a positive male role model in their life, and seeing men interact with women and other kids in church can have a positive impact.

“Men need Men”, says author Murrow, the burden of bringing men of all ages back to the pews shouldn’t be on the back of the pastor, it should come from the congregation.