Christian and Online Porn Archives

  • Of promise keepers, 53% viewed pornography in the last week (Internet Filter Review, 2006)
  • 47% of Christians say that pornography is a problem in the home (Internet Filter Review, 2006).
  • 50% of all Christian men and 20% of all Christian women are addicted to pornography. 60% of the women who answered the survey admitted to having significant struggles with lust; 40% admitted to being involved in sexual sin in the past year; and 20% of the church-going female participants struggle with looking at pornography on an ongoing basis (Market Wire. August 7, 2006. ChristiaNet.com. December 7, 2006 http://www.marketwire.com/mw/r...e_html_b1?release_id=151336).
  • One out of every six women, including Christians, struggles with an addiction to pornography. (Today's Christian Woman, September/October 2003).
  • More than 80 percent of women with pornography addiction take it offline by acting out their behaviors in real life, such as having multiple partners, casual sex, or affairs. (Today's Christian Woman, September/October 2003).
  • 51% of pastors say cyberporn is a possible temptation. 37% say it is a current struggle (Christianity Today, Leadership Survey, December 2001).
  • 4 in 10 pastors have visited a porn site (Christianity Today, Leadership Survey, December 2001).
  • 50% of all Christian men / 20% of all Christian women are addicted to pornography” (Survey, “ChristiaNet poll finds that evangelicals are addicted to porn,” ChristianNet, 2007, (http://christiannews.christianet.com/1154951956.htm (accessed June 6, 2014)
  • 30% of pastors have viewed pornography within the last 30 days. (Covenant Eyes, “Pornography Statistics 2014,” 21 http://www.covenenteyes.com/pornstats/. “In 2002, of 1,351 pastors surveyed, 54% said they had viewed Internet pornography within the last year, and 30% of these had visited within the last 30 days.” Brenton Evans, “Till porn do us part,” FireProofMyMarriage.com. http://www.fireproofmymarriage.com/dload.php?file=_images/_needhelp/InternetSafety.pdf (accessed June 6, 2014).
  • 41% of women said they had deliberately viewed or downloaded pornographic pictures and movies. (Pamela Pail, Pornified: How Pornography Is Damaging Our lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families (NY: Henry Holt & Co, 2005).
  • 34% of Christian women struggle with an addiction to pornography.( Ramona Richards, “Dirty Little Secret,” Today’s Christian Woman, September 2003, http://www.todayschristianwoman.com/articles/2003/september/5.58a.html(accessed June 9, 2014).
  • 56% of divorces involve one party having “an obsessive interest in pornographic websites.” (The Effects of Pornography on Individuals, Marriage, Family and Community. Marriage and Religious Inst., Family Research Council, Love and Responsibility Project: Center for Study of Catholic Higher Ed. Scribd. http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew–balan/2010/07/28/cnn–highlights–pornographys–destructive–effects–society.
  • 17.8% of all "born again" Christian adults (in America) have visited sexually-oriented Websites (Zogby survey conducted for Focus on the Family, 2000).
  • 63% of men attending "Men, Romance & Integrity Seminars" admit to struggling with porn in the past year. Two-thirds are in church leadership and 10% are pastors (Pastor's Family Bulletin, Focus on the Family, March 2000).
  • 1 in 7 calls to Focus' Pastoral Care Line is about Internet pornography (Pastor's Family Bulletin, Focus on the Family, March 2000).
  • "If you think you can't fall into sexual sin, then you're godlier than David, stronger than Samson, and wiser than Soloman" (Pastor Bill Perkins).