Wednesday 3 February 2010

Mixed Martial Christians

"The goal, these pastors say, is to inject some machismo into their ministries — and into the image of Jesus — in the hope of making Christianity more appealing. “Compassion and love — we agree with all that stuff, too,” said Brandon Beals, 37, the lead pastor at Canyon Creek Church outside of Seattle. “But what led me to find Christ was that Jesus was a fighter.”
The outreach is part of a larger and more longstanding effort on the part of some ministers who fear that their churches have become too feminized, promoting kindness and compassion at the expense of strength and responsibility. "

Read more here.

Thoughts?

1 comment:

Glen said...

Just clicked on that guy, Eugene Cho, who was mentioned in the article:

http://eugenecho.wordpress.com/

He seems more like a true 'man' than most of those other bozos.