The Reasons Men Say They Don't Go To Church.

According to the Book, Adam Where Are You? Why Most Black Men Don’t Go To Church, by Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu, here are the 21 reasons most Black Men say they don’t go to church.

1. Hypocrisy – contradiction between what’s said in church and what’s done in the community. One young man said as a boy he could not understand why the preacher who was married was always over at his house making out with his mother.
2. Ego/Dictatorial – Brothers get upset when they constantly heard the pastor said this and the pastor said that. People’s definition of a real man was the pastor.
3. Faith-submission-trust forgiveness-angry at God.
4. Passivity – I don’t believe in turning the other cheek.
5. Tithing – concerns about taking money from people and how the money was disbursed.
6. Irrelevance
7. Eurocentric
8. Length Of Service
9. Too Emotional
10. Sports – conflict between sports on Sunday and church
11. Attire/Dress Code
12. Classism – You need money to go to church.
13. Education – Brothers that can’t read, and don’t feel comfortable in church.
14. Sexuality and Drugs
15. Spirituality/Worshipping Alone – Difference between being spiritual and being religious.
16. Heaven – I have to wait until I die to live the good life.
17. Evangelism – Christians are not sincere in their evangelizing.
18. Lack of Christian role model
19. Lack of Spiritual Role Models
20. Streets/Peer Pressure
21. Parental Double Standards Force When a Child.