2.  Home Group – Friday night  Friday 5:45 pickup on Wash. St btw Lee & Pritchard.  613 Leisure Lane – Pierson’s house  Rides available, awesome dinner provided  On-Campus dinner (Owens – Tuesdays at 6:30)  Bible Studies –  Nick and Alec – Tuesday 7:00pm - Foxridge  Petey – Wednesday 8pm On-Campus (West AJ)  Emily– Friday 4:30pm – On-Campus (New Res Hall)  Megan – Wednesday 6:00pm - Foxridge  Rob/Matt/Jimmy - Monday 8:30pm – Pierson’s house  Samantha – Thursday 7:00pm – On-Campus (Deets)  Chris – Corp Crew – 12:30pm Thursday – Turner Place

3. Poverty Alleviation Part 3 – Poverty in Relationships February 15, 2015

5.  Living for one another – Philippians 2:3-4  Friendship - John 15:13  Proverbs 17:17 – for adversity  Proverbs 18:24 – closer than a brother  Nehemiah – 4:19-20 – Come on the run…  Husband’s roles - Ephesians 5:25  Honor marriage – Hebrews 13:4

6.  Purity before marriage - 3% wait.  Benefit – only 2% of couples who wait until marriage get divorced.  They report more stable, satisfying sex lives. Why do these people succeed in marriage?

7. Why so low? Core Value 7 – Raising Godly Families. Plurality of Elders who put their families are first. Christ’s Headship over ALL Bible followed as the inerrant Word of God. Biblical Family Works.

9.  40% of babies born to unmarried moms.  Epidemic of Fatherlessness

10. Children who live in single-parent households are also 82% more likely to experience child poverty. 31%

11.  63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (US Dept. Of Health/Census) – 5 times the avg.  90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes – 32 times the average.  85% of all children who show behavior disorders come from fatherless homes – 20 times the average.  80% of rapists with anger problems come from fatherless homes –14 times the average.  71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes – 9 times the average.  75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes – 10 x the avg  85% of all youths in prison come from fatherless homes – 20 times the average.

12.  Woman’s “liberation” movement –  Faithwalkers East 2014 - Post-Genderism talk.  Glorification of single motherhood.  Perception of not “needing” men.  Secularization of the culture – even in the church.  The proliferation of video games.  Sports TV between 1980-2000.  Prime time TV 1950-1980  Pornography Impact  Degrades women in men’s minds and breaks women’s hearts.  Brain chemistry impact devastating.  Separates the user from God.

13. Being a Biblical Man in 2015’s culture.

14. Know - Do-Teach  What does a Biblical Marriage look like?  If single parenting drives poverty, why are more people having babies out of wedlock?  What can women do to help men be better husbands/fathers?  Some would argue that abortion has saved millions from living in poverty? How should a Christian respond?  Since abortion is dramatically higher in the black and poor communities, how has this impacted that culture?  Why might “some church” increase the likelihood of divorce?

17. Percentage of Marriages that fail? Still 50%, is “divorce” leveling off? Percentage Cohabitating without marriage? 50% Cohabitating before marriage, steep incline. 40% marry, 56% divorce – “live together first to be sure” 83% cohabitate eventually fail. Total Percentage of ALL relationships fail? How many relationships before marriage per person? The world’s way doesn’t seem to be working