Why do more African women go to church than men?
Have you ever wondered why women are more numerous in churches? In the past two decades, there has been a change in the demographics of practitioners’ assistants. Before the advent of Pentecostal churches, arrangements for sitting in churches were very clearly defined by gender, the masculine gender occupying the front seats.
However, the story has changed with more women attending church services than men, while some even take up the chair to direct services.
In a report from the Ugandan-based platform, East Africa, as the number of women attending church began to increase, the number of men attending religious services began to decline. And as women began to take more seats than men, the sitting arrangement no longer seemed necessary.
Women feel better with others
A Gallup research indicates that one of the reasons why more women go to church than men is that women tend to be more open about sharing personal problems.
Research has also revealed that women are more relational than men. Research also shows that a higher proportion of women than men say they have a best friend in their congregation.
Women help build faith in the family
The Economist, in a 2016 report, said women are more likely to believe and practice a religion than men. The report also found that 83.4% of women identify with a religion while 79.9% of men do so worldwide. But in America, 60% of women consider religion to be very important in their lives, while only 47% of men do so.
Some women seek partners
More women go to church than men because singles are probably looking for a relationship that will eventually lead to marriage and where to find a relationship other than God’s vineyard.
Women have more problems than men
The East African report gives reasons for the influx of women into the church, women having much more problems than men and therefore more need of God.
The report further indicates that women naturally feel that one of their main duties is to be the house prayer warrior
Women like to be seen
A young telecommunications engineer believes that in addition to looking for a man to get married in the church, some single women and even older married women, tend to use the church’s activities to show off their success or the wealth of their husbands.
“Going to church is another opportunity to show off their clothes as women or to let the congregation see how much their husbands are pampering them,” said the telecom engineer.
