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What the Prevalence of Single Moms in America Says about Men’s Ministry and the Church
America’s unprecedented number of single mothers points to a crisis involving absent men as well as families. This post argues that churches and men’s ministries must reach and disciple young single men, addressing the beliefs and behaviors that lead men to abandon women and children while faithfully serving single-mother families.
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This is, of course, exactly the point that needs to be made today. David Blankenhorn, in his seminal work, Fatherless America: Confronting our Most Urgent Social Problem, said the same thing. Lord help us raise up young men who will become responsible husbands and fathers! Blankenhorn wrote: In short, the key for men is to be fathers. The key for children is to have fathers. The key for society is to create fathers. For society, the primary results of fatherhood are right-doing males and better outcomes for children. Conversely, the primary consequences of fatherlessness are rising male violence and declining child well- being. In the United States at the close of the twentieth century, paternal disinvestment has become the major cause of declining child well- being and the underlying source of our most important social problems, especially those rooted in violence. (p. 26)