Almost one in seven calls to the Focus on the Family Pastoral Care Line is about Internet pornography. Sixty-three percent of the Christian men who attend our Men, Romance, and Integrity seminars admit to struggling with pornography sometime in the past year. For several reasons, pastors are often more vulnerable than others to the allure of Internet pornography. Pastors spend long periods working alone in their office with their computer every week. Emotional Meat Grinder.
Pastors are prone to the loneliness and discouragement that come with the toughest job on earth.
Some pastors turn to Internet porn as a way to escape those feelings. No Man's Land. The 24-7 nature of the pastorate can sap even the most robust marriage. The resulting intimacy gap can leave a man wide-open to the false intimacy of cybersex. Internet pornography is one of the enemy's most powerful threats to the pastor and his family in America today.