Pornography in the church

Because ethnicity is part of the good of creation, we seek to honor and celebrate the ethnic identity of those with whom we serve as well as those we seek to reach. If you discovered that your church pastor had been viewing pornography, would you immediately want him fired? Josh McDowell commissioned the Barna Research group to undertake the study. Josh believes that Christians' struggle with porn has reached epidemic proportions and is becoming a spiritual cancer in the church.

The use of pornographic material among Christians continues to rise, reaching near epidemic proportions in the church. Shocking statistics released by Net Accountability reveal that 50 percent of evangelical pastors viewed pornography last year. A study by Internet Filter Review revealed that 53 percent of Promise Keeper men viewed pornography the week before the survey, and 17 percent of women admitted to struggling with pornography addiction. Focus on the Family recently reported that one in seven calls to their pastoral care line concern Internet pornography.

Statistics clearly prove that pornography addiction has become an enormous problem in America. For instance, according to Dr. One researcher estimates that 60 million Americans have visited sexually explicit web sites.

Pornography is any material depicting or describing the human body or sexual conduct in a way that arouses sexual feelings. It is distributed through many media, including magazines, books, television, movies, music, and the Internet. It is as harmful to the spirit as tobacco, alcohol, and drugs are to the body.