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Why You’re Here…

Rendezvous 2009. Why You’re Here…. We have a Fathering Crisis in America. The Fathering Crisis. We have a Fathering Crisis in America It affects you and your children TODAY. The Fathering Crisis. We have a Fathering Crisis in America It affects you and your children TODAY

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  1. Rendezvous 2009 Why You’re Here…

  2. We have a Fathering Crisisin America

  3. The Fathering Crisis We have a Fathering Crisis in America • It affects you and your children TODAY

  4. The Fathering Crisis We have a Fathering Crisis in America • It affects you and your children TODAY • It will affect your children and grandchildren TOMORROW

  5. The Fathering Crisis We have a Fathering Crisis in America • It affects you and your children TODAY • It will affect your children and grandchildren TOMORROW • It is putting the future of the Church at risk

  6. The Fathering Crisis

  7. The Impact on Children

  8. The Fathering Crisis – The Facts Children growing up in fatherless homes: • More likely to be born at low birth weight • Five times more likely to be poor • Twice as likely to suffer physical abuse

  9. The Fathering Crisis – The Facts Children growing up in fatherless homes: • More likely to commit school crimes • More likely to fail and drop out of school • Less likely to graduate from high school • More likely to abuse drugs and alcohol

  10. The Fathering Crisis – The Facts Children growing up in fatherless homes: • Girls three times more likely to be teen moms • Boys twice as likely to commit crimes and be incarcerated • More likely to have their marriages end in divorce • More prone to depression • More likely to commit suicide

  11. The Fathering Crisis – The Facts Children growing up in fatherless homes: • Girls three times more likely to be teen moms • Boys twice as likely to commit crimes and be incarcerated • More likely to have their marriages end in divorce • More prone to depression • More likely to commit suicide

  12. The Fathering Crisis – The Facts Children growing up in fatherless homes: • More likely to be born at low birth weight • Five times more likely to be poor • Twice as likely to suffer physical abuse • More likely to commit school crimes, • More likely to fail and drop out of school • Less likely to graduate from high school • More likely to abuse drugs and alcohol • Girls three times more likely to be teen moms • Boys twice as likely to commit crimes and be incarcerated • More likely to have their marriages end in divorce • More prone to depression • More likely to commit suicide

  13. The Impact on Children

  14. The Impact on One Girl - Crystal [Crystal’s essay or video]

  15. The Fathering Crisis – The Facts There are 25 million Crystals

  16. The Fathering Crisis – The Facts There are 25 million Crystals 33% of all children in America

  17. The Fathering Crisis – The Facts There are 25 million Crystals 33% of all children in America Minorities and Teenagers more likely to be unfathered

  18. The Fathering Crisis – The Facts There are 25 million Crystals 33% of all children in America Minorities and Teenagers more likely to be unfathered Half of all children will live 2+ years in Crystal’s shoes by age 18

  19. “But wait……That’s not my kids”

  20. The Impact on the Economy

  21. The Fathering Crisis – The Facts The Impact on the Economy: • Federal government spending on thirteen means-tested benefit programs and on child support enforcement for single mothers. Programs include • Earned Income Tax Credit, • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) • Child support enforcement • Food and nutrition programs • housing programs • Medicaid • State Children’s Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP).

  22. The Fathering Crisis – The Facts The Impact on the Economy$100 Billion Annually!

  23. Is this what we want for our children and grandchildren?

  24. The Impact on the Church

  25. [Generation Next video]

  26. The Crisis in the Church Generation Next: “Sure I go to church, but if I read my Bible in the next three weeks, I will be above average.” “I don’t know what I believe…What is truth anyway?” “Why can’t Allah be God?”

  27. The Crisis in the Church Generation Next: “I have no convictions…but everyday I’m told to be tolerant of the convictions of others.” “For me, there are no absolutes.”

  28. The Crisis in the Church – The Research “Only a third of churched young people say that the church will play a part in their lives when they leave home” --Barna Research 85% of children from Christian homes in public school do not embrace a biblical worldview --Nehemiah Institute

  29. The Crisis in the Church – The Research “God is still important to me. I just believe some different things from you.” • 63% don’t believe Jesus is the Son of the one true God • 58%believe all faiths teach equally valid truths • 51% don’t believe Jesus rose from the dead • 65% don’t believe Satan is a real entity • 68% don’t believe the Holy Spirit is a real entity --Barna Research

  30. The Crisis in the Church Why??

  31. The Crisis in the Church Fathers play a lead role in spiritual formation: “If dad does not attend church, there’s only a 2% chance that his child will as an adult.”

  32. The Crisis in the Church Fathers play a lead role in spiritual formation: “If dad does not attend church, there’s only a 2% chance that his child will as an adult.” “If dad does attend church, the likelihood of his child attending church as an adult jumps to 66-75%” --Craven

  33. The Crisis in the Church How are fathers doing? • 25 million children (33%) of children living away from dad • Men make up only 39% of Sunday church attendance and 30% of weeknight attendance • Even effective fathers struggle with how to spiritually equip their children

  34. We have a Fathering Crisisin America

  35. What does the future hold?

  36. What does the future hold?

  37. The Fathering Crisis We have a Fathering Crisis in America • It affects you and your children TODAY • It will affect your children and grandchildren TOMORROW • It is putting the future of the Church at risk

  38. Why You’re Here…

  39. Is this what you want for your children and grandchildren?

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