Just want to highlight results from this swiss study for all dads:
•Mother attends church regularly, father is non-practicing, percentage of children attending regularly as adults: 1.5%
•Both mother and father attend church regularly, percentage of children attending weekly as adults: 32.8%
•Father attends church regularly, mother is non-practicing, percentage of children attending regularly as adults: 44.2%
In short, if a father does not go to church, no matter how faithful his wife’s devotions, only one child in 50 will become a regular worshiper. If a father does go regularly, regardless of the practice of the mother, between two-thirds and three-quarters of their children will become churchgoers (regular and irregular)…
An unrelated survey in the USA also found fathers to be highly influential in church attendance. It found that if a child is the first person in a household to become a Christian, there is a 3.5% probability everyone else in the household will follow. If the mother is the first to become a Christian, there is a 17% probability everyone else in the household will follow. However, when the father is first, there is a 93% probability everyone else in the household will follow
Bottom line: MEN – LEAD!
Let’s Pray:
‘Father God, help us to become faithful in attendance at our local church, bringing our families with us. In Your Name I pray Lord Jesus, Amen’