Finally, some scientific data on men, church, and men’s ministry!
For years men’s ministry leaders in organizations such as Man in the Mirror, Promise Keepers, and Iron Sharpens Iron have tossed around the idea of developing accurate and up to date scientific polling data on men’s ministry.
Now BetterMan, founded by Robert Lewis, producer of the well-known Men’s Fraternity series, has commissioned Barna Group, the famed polling firm known for its emphasis on faith and culture, to survey 1,593 U.S. Men – 1,000 active Christian men and 593 non-Christian men.
The survey focused on five critical aspects of a man’s life: identity, vocation, well-being, relationships, and church engagement. The results are summarized in the recently released digital book: 5 Essentials to Engage Today’s Men.
The book is not a long read – it has only five chapters, one each for identity, vocation, well-being, relationships, and church – but each chapter is jam packed with polling data on how men view these topics.
For example, when it comes to identity, Christian men believe masculinity is changing far more negatively than non-Christian men. Christian men have a much different view of vocation than non-Christian men. And Christian men who have a male confidant have healthier marriages than Christian men who do not.
One of the most fascinating sections of the book is the discussion of the correlation between men’s ministry and men’s well-being. On ten different scales, Christian men who participate in men’s ministry rank their satisfaction with things like work-life balance and physical health significantly higher than Christian men who are not involved in men’s ministry.
Insights on men and men’s ministry such as these jump off every page and make this book one of the most helpful men’s ministry books I’ve read in a long time. Anyone who has a burden to see men grow in their walk with the Lord needs to read this book.
This post first appeared in NewCommandment.org.
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