Men, Bring Your Families to Church

Church attendance is declining, as the stats are showing, and it’s not because of women or kids. It’s men. When men check out, families follow. The spiritual temperature of the home almost always traces back to the heart of the man leading it—or failing to.

Brothers, providing for your family is more than earning a paycheck. God has called you to lead—not just at work, but at home. And that leadership begins with the most basic, consistent, and spiritual act of provision: bringing your family to church.

This isn’t your wife’s job. It’s yours. You set the tone. If you treat church as optional, your kids will see it as irrelevant. If you stay home because you’re tired or unmotivated, you’re training your family to believe God isn’t worth the effort.

The local church is where your family is fed with the Word, strengthened in worship, shaped by the gospel, and surrounded by God’s people. To neglect that is to starve your household spiritually.

It’s time to stop making excuses and start leading. Get up. Get ready. Bring your wife and kids to church. Lead them—not behind them or beside them, but in front of them. Show them what real provision looks like. Show them that Christ is worthy of our time, attention, and worship.

This is what it means to be a man. A provider. A shepherd. A spiritual leader. Be the one who says, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Nino Marques