This is OUR WHY

Who are men today and how can we minister to them? ¹

• Men today are attending Church less than in the past.

• Men today are the largest unreached people group in the country.

• The typical U.S. congregation draws an adult crowd that’s 61% female and 39% male.

• Men today are leaving the house. Men are most noticeable by their absence.

• Men are struggling to believe their true identity and authority in Christ.

• In 1960 – 8% of children were fatherless.

• In 1990 – 22% of children were fatherless.

• In 2020 – 33% of children are fatherless.

• By the time a child reaches age 18, 60% of them will have lived without a father for some time.

• America leads the world in fatherless homes.

• Men today are causing most of the problems in our society.

• 90% of all major crimes are by men.

• 100% of all rapes are committed by men.

• Men commit 95% of all burglaries.

• Men commit 91% of all abuses in the family.

• 94% of all drunk drivers are men.

• There are 15 male prisoners for every female prisoner.

• Most men in jail have a deep father wound, experience abuse, anger addiction, hatred and unforgiveness.

• 67% of young adult men seek out pornography at least monthly. 

• 47% of men over age 25 actively seek out pornography monthly.

• 62% of teenage men are sexting, sending or receiving sexually explicit images.

• Most men who use porn feel a great sense of shame about it and say they live in constant fear of being discovered.