Men Who Do Not Pray


Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good 
reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint 
over this business.--Acts 6:3.


Let us watch that we do not slide imperceptibly to a state, where the 
women do the praying, and the men run the churches. Men who do not 
pray have no right to direct church affairs. We believe in the 
leadership of men within the spiritual community of the saints, but 
that leadership should be won by spiritual worth.

Leadership requires vision, and whence will vision come, except from 
hours spent in the presence of God in humble and fervent prayer? All 
things else being equal, a praying woman will know the will of God 
for the church far better than a prayerless man.

We do not here advocate the turning of the churches over to the 
women, but we do advocate a recognition of proper spiritual 
qualifications for leadership among the men, if they are to continue 
to decide the direction the churches, shall take. The accident of 
being a man is not enough. Spiritual manhood alone qualifies.


"Lord, don't ever let me have leadership that I don't deserve. Don't 
ever let me become careless in prayer. Don't ever let me rely on the 
women to pray, while I lead. Amen."