50% of Christian Men Addicted to Porn
by Phil Gons on June 6th, 2007
A recent Christian Today article discusses the prevalence of porn addiction among Christians. The last several years have seen a huge increase, largely due to the internet. A poll of 1000 Christians showed that 50% of Christian men are addicted to porn.
Yet porn is far from being just a guy problem.
The ChristiaNet.com survey found 60 percent of Christian women admitting to having significant struggles with lust; 40 percent saying they were involved in sexual sin in the past year; and 20 percent struggling with looking at pornography on an ongoing basis.
What “Christian” means is unclear. But even if these stats are remotely accurate, this is troubling indeed.
Read the whole article at Christian Today.
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stephen rose
this just shows churches need to confront this head on! it is a problem in our churches, and not only with people in the church but pastors themselves! do porn sunday! it’s only 500 bucks…my church is doing it. it’s about time the church confronts the elephant in the pew!
pornsunday.com
Jun 11th, 2007 3:11 pm
Bruce Swan
I pray that someday the church of Jesus Christ will become a place where people can be honest about these types of struggles and actually get involved in the very long process of helping people learn to become free from this.
I also pray that the church will help to teach what God’s intention was for our sexuality and how to make Godly sexuality a real life experience instead of some vague, abstract ideal that isn’t real.
The church of Jesus Christ also needs to reach out to and help it’s pastors, not fire them on the spot as soon as some type of struggle is discovered. This is a disgrace and grieves the heart of God. Self-righteous church folks need to humble themselves, repent, and help their struggling pastors.
Nov 2nd, 2007 2:31 pm
Jay
The bible says faith without works is dead, I agree that we need to pray without ceasing, but at some point, church leaders need to get up off of their knees, stand up and pull up the carpet they have been sweeping dirt under for decades.
what example of faith does it display to the dying world when a pastor is kept silent for fear that God will not meet the financial needs of the building, some pew dwellers may take with them when the heat in the kitchen get a little turned up.
WWJD? (I recall a scripture where His indignation reflected his displeasure with how the place of worship was being used)
Nov 29th, 2007 8:04 pm
Hester Prin
Harsh attitudes, carpet pulling and dire straits wont make this issue go away. Jesus had many different people in his company of “friends”. Many that society saw as undesirables. He showed us by example. Perhaps we need to stop seeing this as a forest’s problem and start looking at the trees in our own back yards. Only when we first see the plank in our own eye can we assist our brother and sister with theirs. Getting into this stuff is never because a person is just looking for something to mess them up or make their lives unmanageable. Normally it is for escape, to numb, boredom, or exposure by outside forces. I think maybe on my knees is the best place for me to be about this.
Dec 12th, 2007 1:22 am
Tyler
The organization Freedom Begins Here has turned these stats into what they call The 20/50 Crisis, 20 representing the 20% of Christian women struggling, and 50 representing the 50% of Christian men. Depending on your background those numbers either shock you or don’t surprise you at all. It really is a crisis we have on our hands. I agree with Stephen that we need to confront this head on! Check out what Freedom Begins Here (www.freedombeginshere.org) is doing to raise awareness and equip church leaders with resources to help themselves as well as their churches. www.
May 15th, 2008 10:26 am
Beth
These stastics are so sad. My husband is addicted to porn and it has destroyed me…completely. My hope, my faith, my belief in grace is completely gone. I’ve decided to turn away from the organized church. The church used to be where I found some comfort from the horror porn brings into my world. Now I’m beginning to think there is no where to hide.
Sep 13th, 2008 10:03 am
Brad
Any person who says this is not a problem is either ignorant or a lyer. The statistic I heard one time even rises for those young men who are studying to become a minister. My suggestion is this for anyone who reads this blogg that is inactive and very out dated, with the last response almost a year ago….
….Help christian men find a healthy way of dating and getting to know christian women. I found in my travels that most churches discourage dating as a way of courtship, but with the rise of competing alternatives out there, it is no wonder christian men have this struggle. They are given no choices to meet women and have a healthy, godly relationship with a woman leading to marraige. They are told they must “wait” for the right woman, but in reality God speaks of “he who finds a wife, finds a good thing.” With man having choices and free will given to him, it needs to be a supportive choice for men to date in dating relationships, and not told to not date. Then they have no social outlet for building relationships and end up “alone” or “lonely” because of a church that recomended the wrong path.
Jan 21st, 2009 11:16 pm