ORLANDO, Fla. – True spiritual revival in North America will come only with a reformation of Christian manhood, according to Patrick Morley, chairman and CEO of Man in the Mirror ministries.
According to Baptist Press, Morley told a gathering of mission education leaders from across the U.S. and Canada that society's ills are really about men.
"Can you imagine any way of getting society right without getting the church right? Can you imagine any way of getting the church right without getting the family right? Can you imagine getting the family right without getting marriage right? Can marriages be right without men being right? It really is about men," Morely said.
"Unless we address the issues of Christian manhood, the other systemic problems in the church will not go away."
Morley's Man in the Mirror ministries focuses on serving pastors and church leaders who reach men. A former business executive, Morley founded the ministry in 1991 after writing the best-seller, "Man in the Mirror." The book has more than 3.5 million copies in distribution.
Morley said the major spiritual hurdle with men is the lack of the power of God in their lives because they are not rooted in their relationships with Christ. Men "don't have enough Jesus for themselves, much less some left over to give to someone else," he said.
As a result, men in the average church in the United States are beginning to look too much like the average men in the world.
"What happens when a man's relationship with Jesus is not right?" asked Morley.
"For every 10 men in U.S. churches, nine will have children leave the church, eight will not find their jobs satisfying, seven will look at pornography, six will pay only the monthly minimum balance on their credit cards, four will get divorced and all 10 will struggle to balance work and family. Only one of the 10 will have a biblical worldview," he said.
Morley called on the church to equip men to live and work like Jesus. He called on church leaders to reach out to men and challenge them to follow Christ.
