Fox News Pastor: 'Young Men Are Struggling and I Think I Know Why'
A pastor with 40 years of ministry experience writes in Fox News that traditional male formation systems have collapsed, leaving young men vulnerable to radicalization, mental health crises, and crushing loneliness. The op-ed argues that the institutions that once guided boys into manhood — churches, fathers, mentors, and civic organizations — have been weakened or abandoned, creating a vacuum that is being filled by online influencers, extremist communities, and a culture of despair. The pastoral perspective offers a diagnosis that cuts across political lines: the crisis of young men is not primarily a policy failure but a spiritual and relational one, rooted in the loss of the very communities that Scripture calls the body of Christ.
Read Full Story at Fox NewsTrain up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
— Proverbs 22:6
The crisis of young men is ultimately a crisis of discipleship. When the church fails to form the next generation, the world will form them instead — and the world's formation leads to destruction, not flourishing.