The Missing Link: "Y" It Matters

One of the greatest missing ingredients in both families and churches is the "y"chromosome. It is undeniable that as a gender, men have a much poorer record of providing the stability in families and churches that is required. It is no surprise, therefore, that women are stepping into the roles that God clearly intended for men.

This can be evidence by the trend in ordinations to the ministry in the Church of England. On his blog, Dr. Al Mohler cites sources in the British media that show in 2006 more women than men were ordained to the ministry in the Anglican Church. The Sunday Telegraph of London reported this year that if the trend of ordaining more women continues, by 2025 the number of male and female ministers would be about equal. Now while this may seem irrelevant to us American evangelicals, the record of men in spiritual leadership is not much better. Consider the following by Dr. Mohler:

These are not unrelated developments, of course. The feminization of liberal Christianity grows more and more complete with every passing year. In the United States, the number of women enrolled in Master of Divinity programs now represents almost a third of total enrollment. Among mainline Protestants, the situation is much like that of the Church of England -- only more so. In many liberal seminaries, women students now vastly outnumber men.

The fact of the matter is this, in the absence of God-ordained male leadership the only means of survival for Christianity is through women or so the more liberal denominations claim. Now while I can appreciate the willingness of women to stand in the gap, the root of the problem is a deplorable lack of the y chromosome. Men, it's high time that we step up. If we fail to do so the children that these women leave behind in order to do our jobs will perpetuate this trend for generations.