What if a sign of hope for the modern church was also a symptom of a deeper cultural sickness? This is the unsettling tension I found myself wrestling with, sitting in the dim light of a church in the Greater Seattle Area. The voice of researcher Ed Stetzer cut through the usual talk of decline and disaffiliation with a counter-intuitive claim: young men are “heading to church.” My initial reaction was disbelief.

I had the opportunity to chat with a missiologist and cultural anthropologist who tracks trends among young men in the United States. While discussing the topic, he offered a poignant, half-serious remark: “Nothing’s worse than a society of young men who think they don’t have a future.”

Are Young Men Having Less Sex? The Data Says Yes. You might find this surprising: In 2008, 19% of men aged 18-24 reported no sex in the past year. A decade later, that number jumped to over 28%. For those aged 18-30, inactivity rose from 14% to 23%.

Redeeming Wounds is back after a hiatus to manage our growing platforms. For the month of October, we'll delve into questions emerging among young adult men in the United States. While research indicates they're becoming “more spiritual,” this isn't the simple win it appears to be.

It’s hard to give the Brits much credit when you pause and consider the devastating role they played in the Transatlantic slave trade. The impact of that history, centuries of stolen lives, cultural erasure, and racial trauma, still echoes loudly today. And yet, somewhere in the complex mess of imperialism, colonization, and global conflict, there was a Brit, one among many, who stood out in the 20th century for his bold stand against injustice and tyranny. That Brit was none