82% of
pregnant teenagers come from fatherless homes
63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes
78% of high school dropouts come from fatherless home
80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from
fatherless homes
Over 80 % of young men in prison come from fatherless
homes
The likelihood
that a young male will engage in criminal activity doubles if he is
raised without a father, and triples if he lives in a neighborhood
with a high concentration of single-parent families.
Source: A. Anne Hill, June O'Neill,
"Underclass Behaviors in the United States," CUNY, Baruch College.
1993.
….and faith based programs work the
best . Independent studies have made it clear that faith
based mentoring programs are generally more effective in
accomplishing social and behavioral changes in program participants.
The Solution … The Body of Christ!
The IMPACT of Christians engaging, impacting and mentoring the fatherless.
Mentoring done effectively reduces…
Drug
abuse 46%
School drop outs 52%
Teen pregnancy 35%
Violent behavior 52%
Mentoring works because Christ used it with
the 12 and set the model in place!
Jesus modeled for us as He went out and engaged
the lost, the hurting and the hopeless. God’s people must become
Christ to a hurting world because,
“We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not
only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become
so dear to us.”
1Thessalonians 2:8
To provide our partnering churches andorganizations with the consistent and effective ...
Leadership
Vision
& Mission Casting
Training
of leaders and mentors
On-going consultation
& support
that is critical to launching and sustaining asuccessful long-term mentoring ministry in their church or
organization; making surethe ministry is
effective,efficient,
and
safe!
