{"id":2387,"date":"2012-03-17T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-17T08:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2387"},"modified":"2016-01-06T14:02:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T14:02:40","slug":"amazing-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/thoughts-from-the-cvm-team\/amazing-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>David Murrow<\/strong> (author of <em>&#8216;Why Men Hate Going To Church&#8217;<\/em>) has discovered a church that has taken on the challenge of appealing to men with amazing results. Grace United Methodist learned how to grow again &#8211; without abandoning its traditions. You won&#8217;t find a drum set in this church &#8211; but you will find men. Lots of men.<\/p>\n<p>It can be really difficult for church leaders to attract men into their churches, and even tougher for female church leaders, but here we have an example that many can learn from.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this short film and see what you might be able to apply to your own church<\/p>\n<!--YouTube Error: bad URL entered-->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/thoughts-from-the-cvm-team\/amazing-grace\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Murrow (author of &#8216;Why Men Hate Going To Church&#8217;) has discovered a church that has taken on the challenge of appealing to men with amazing results. Grace United Methodist learned how to grow again &#8211; without abandoning its traditions. You won&#8217;t find a drum set in this church &#8211; but you will find men. 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(Don't get our emails? - sign up here). There's so much going on that we wanted to let everyone now. So, in short, we have: 14 stops on our Regional Day nationwide tour. You can find\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2861,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/reviews\/stumbling-blocks\/","url_meta":{"origin":2387,"position":1},"title":"Stumbling Blocks","date":"18 September 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The further I read into this book, I see the simplicity and strength of the message that both Gavin and Anne portray. Lets be honest, we can all come into contact with these \u2018Stumbling Blocks\u2019 in our lives. The authors bring these obstacles to life using anecdotes and help you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3263,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/man-sunday\/","url_meta":{"origin":2387,"position":2},"title":"Man Sunday","date":"8 November 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Level Four evangelism \u2013 \u201cman-friendly church\u201d was once a far-off, lofty place we only aspired to one day reach. In the meantime, there was a whole stack of work to be shifted in getting Levels One and Two off the ground. 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