This thread has wandered around a bit! I was hoping that someone would come up with THE solution because this very scenario plagues our church as well. I'm the woman leading the Romans Bible study that the women have been asking for, while my husband has a group of 4-5 at the men's Bible study. The rest of the men who even stay for classes are at the two Focus on the Family videos. When my husband has asked men why they aren't interested in Bible study they reply (in essence)that reading the Bible is too hard and/or too boring. They want practical tools for life and not a bunch of doctrine. They also do not want to do any study during the week. They work long hours and often have a long commute as well. When they are home they are doing family things, and if by some chance they have time to themselves, they aren't going to spend it reading the Bible or some doctrine book. When I pointed out to a couple men that their wives are in the same situation, yet the wives try to spend time in prayer and Bible study each day, the men passed it off as "women are like that."

I was being facetious about looking for "the" answer. I know the problem has many facets and layers. It is just SO FRUSTRATING!