Research from America suggests that if a child is the first person to become a Christian, there is only a 3.5% probability that the rest of the family will follow.
If the mother is the first to become a Christian, the probability rises to 17%. But if the father is the first, there is a 93% probability that everyone else in the household will follow.
Sid Woodruff, a men's ministry specialist, said the statistics shout the importance of churches becoming more intentional in their development of ministries for men. 'If you reach the men, you reach the families', he said. 'But to reach the men, you have to enter their world.'
