Men's Ministry
LifeBuilders
Building Better Men Develop a brotherhood that impacts its environment and is responsive to the needs of its community.
Our Mission
we are lifebuilders.
Manhood is being misrepresented in our society, media, and academia. The buzz phrase “toxic masculinity” is being used to deconstruct traditional manhood, and the church has a responsibility to stand up and demonstrate what biblical manhood looks like.
There has never been a greater need for men to stand in their communities, to reform inter-generational relationships, and to replace the “boys will be boys” attitude with the expectation of mature, godly manhood (1 Corinthians 16:13–16). LifeBuilders exists to raise up men as influencers and beacons of light in every sphere of life.
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.”
1 Corinthians 16:13–14
The Reality
The data behind the mission
Men in the UK are in crisis — quietly, persistently, and largely unaddressed. The statistics below are not abstract numbers. They represent fathers, sons, brothers, and friends.
of all suicides in England & Wales are male — that's more than 12 men every single day
ONS, 2023more likely — Black men are 3.5 times as likely as white men to be detained under the Mental Health Act
GOV.UK Ethnicity Facts, 2022/23men die of prostate cancer in the UK every year — one man every 45 minutes
Cancer Research UK, 2022–24men's alcohol-specific death rate is more than double that of women (21.9 vs 10.3 per 100,000)
ONS, 2023fewer young men than women started university in 2024 — a gap that has grown 21% since 2015
UCAS, 2024girls are 6.6 percentage points ahead of boys at GCSE grade 4+, and 10.4pp ahead in English
DfE, 2023/24of rough sleepers in England are male, with numbers up 20% on the previous year
MHCLG, Autumn 2024of lone-parent households are headed by mothers — millions of children lack consistent paternal presence
ONS, 2023of domestic abuse victims are male — yet only 59 UK organisations offer any refuge spaces for men
ManKind Initiative / ONS CSEW, 2024/25men are estimated to be raped in England & Wales every year, yet remain largely invisible in policy
ONS CSEW, 2024/25All statistics are sourced from ONS, UCAS, DfE, HMPPS, MHCLG, Cancer Research UK, and the ManKind Initiative. Data is the most recent published at the time of writing.
Connect with LifeBuilders
To find out more about LifeBuilders at your local church, speak to your church leader or contact the NTCG national office.