Whatever Happened to All the Men?

For a long time, the gender imbalance of the East Asian churches has been a matter of some concern. Mission leaders used to write to mobilisers telling them to stop recruiting single ladies as if it were their fault that the men were not being reached, as if we should stop reaching Asian women for Christ to solve this serious problem. Gender imbalance in its extreme form in East Asian churches causes suffering for Christian women. How is support being provided? It also challenges the way both missionaries and local believers have sought to reach men, the theological and missiological principles that define the way we work. This article is a plea for new biblical strategies that might, under God, improve the situation… 

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