Why You’re Here…

2. Rendezvous 2009 Why You’re Here…

3. We have a Fathering Crisisin America

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

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

6. 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

7. The Fathering Crisis

8. The Impact on Children

9. 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

10. 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

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: • 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 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

14. The Impact on Children

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

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

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

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

19. 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

20. “But wait……That’s not my kids”

21. The Impact on the Economy

22. 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).

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

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

25. The Impact on the Church

26. [Generation Next video]

27. 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?”

28. 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.”

29. 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

30. 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

31. The Crisis in the Church Why??

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.”

33. 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

34. 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

35. We have a Fathering Crisisin America

36. What does the future hold?

37. What does the future hold?

38. 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

39. Why You’re Here…

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