This story about evangelical churches forming their own MMA style fighting clubs in order to attract more people to the congregation, is pretty amusing. Once you get over the fact that these are guys that are punching people in the face, in the name of God, there is some pretty deep and interesting motivation behind what they’re doing…

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.

“The man should be the overall leader of the household,” said Ryan Dobson, 39, a pastor and fan of mixed martial arts… “We’ve raised a generation of little boys.”

I totally, totally agree with this sentiment. This is something the Lord has really put on my heart and has set my heart on fire about, which is one of the reasons I started this blog and started writing the devotionals again. I’ll use some other posts in the future to talk about Christian men and Christian male leadership.

For now though, check out the articled linked in the title of this post. There’s even a Christian line of MMA-wear: Jesus Didn’t Tap. How awesome is that?