“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4
The statistics show that children who grow up without a father are 5 times more likely to live in poverty and to commit crime. They are 9 times more likely to drop out of school and 20 times more likely to end up in prison. Yet, the percentage of children born to fatherless homes has skyrocketed in America.
As of 2015, 25% of white, 53% of Hispanic, and 73% of black babies are born into fatherless homes.
According to Scripture, the weight of raising children in the discipline and instruction of the LORD falls upon fathers.
It seems like we need a movement that says, “Fatherhood matters.”
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