WHY MEN MATTER - BOTH NOW AND FOREVER A Look at the Numbers About Men and Men's Ministry

• When a mother comes to Christ, her family will join her at church only 17% of the time; but when a father comes to Christ, his family joins him 93% of the time
  

• 95% of men say they don’t have male friends; less than 1/3 of men in church say they have a friend;
  

• There are 113,000,000 men in America over the age of 15
  

• 69,000,000 of these men make no profession of faith in  Christ
  

• 90 million men are not involved in any kind of discipleship. Only 6 million men are involved in discipleship-only 1 out of every 18 men.
  

• The typical U.S. Congregation draws an adult crowd that’s 61% female, 39% male. This gender gap shows up in all age categories.
  

• On any given Sunday there are 13 million more adult women than men in America’s churches.
  

• This Sunday almost 25 percent of married, churchgoing women will worship without their husbands.
  

• Midweek activities often draw 70 to 80 percent female participants.
  

• The majority of church employees are women (except for ordained clergy, who are overwhelmingly male).
  

• Over 70 percent of the boys who are being raised in church will abandon it during their teens and twenties. Many of these boys will never return.
  

• More than 90 percent of American men believe in God, and five out of six call themselves Christians. But only two out of six attend church on a given Sunday. The average man accepts the reality of Jesus Christ, but fails to see any value in going to church.
  

• Churches overseas report gender gaps of up to 9 women for every adult man in attendance.
  

• Christian universities are becoming convents. The typical Christian college in the U.S. enrolls almost 2 women for every 1 man.
  

• Fewer than 10% of U.S. churches are able to establish or maintain a vibrant men’s ministry.
  

• Fewer than 1% of churchgoing men participate in any sort of ongoing men's ministry program
  

• As many as 70% of men have actively sought out pornography this year
  

• 93% of all people incarcerated are and 85% of them have no father figure
  

• As many Christians will divorce as non-Christians
  

• 33% of the 72 million children in America will go to bed without their biologocal in the home
  

• Fatherless children are five times as likely to live in poverty, repeat a grade and have emotional problems
  

• 4 out of 5 students in evangelical churches will drop out of church by their senior year in high school
  

• 95% of men who attend a conference make a life changing decision
  

60% get connected to a small group

25% make a first decision for Christ

For every ten men in the church

• 9 will have kids who leave the church
  

• 8 will not find their jobs satisfying
  

• 6 will pay the monthly minimum on their credit cards
  

• 5 will have a major problem with pornography
  

• 4 will get divorced affecting 1,000,000 per year
  

As many as 90% of the boys who are being raised in church will abandon it by their 20th birthday. Many of these boys will never return.

90 percent of children ages 8 to 16 have been exposed to Internet pornography, most often while doing homework?

- Family Safe Media

At least 70 percent of Christian men and 20 percent of women struggle with Internet pornography?

- Christianity Today, Today’s Christian Woman, “Pornified” by Pamela Paul

75% of volunteers are women (one mainline pastor said it was 99% in his church)

90% of boys check out of church by age 20

The average ratio of men to women in Christian colleges is about 1 male to every 3 females

Only about 10% of churches have a men’s ministry.

Women are:

• 100% more likely to be involved in discipleship

• 57% more likely to hold a leadership position in the church

• 54% more likely to participate in a small group

• 39% more likely to have a regular devotional time

• 33% more likely to volunteer

• 29% more likely to attend church

• 29% more likely to read their Bible

• 29% more likely to share their faith

• 16% more likely to pray