You want your men to experience authentic, deep faith and relationships; giving them the opportunity to share their stories is one of the most powerful practices your ministry can implement. It connects your men in three ways…
As leaders, we can work toward building the most dynamic, discipleship-based ministry to men, and forget that right outside our church doors, there are thousands of lost men who still need someone to tell them about Christ.
All around us, men are engaged in a different kind of warfare—no less real than what these soldiers faced and no less damaging. What’s extraordinary is that we have been given the sacred opportunity to fight for them and with them.
Church shouldn’t be a safe haven for abusers to continue in their abuse but instead the safest place for the abused. As shepherds, once we see a wolf, we are to drive it away. We’re called to care for the sheep, even at risk to ourselves.
Jesus spoke about a lost sheep and how the shepherd left 99 sheep to go find that one. When the shepherd pays a high price to find the one, he offers the profoundest security and worth to the many. Because the one matters, you matter.
We’ve made a huge amount of progress in this country, but racism is still a very thick wall. The problem might seem so complex that we feel powerless, but is there something we can do on an individual level—or even as men’s leaders?
In any church, ministry resources are finite—time, money, and people. Because of this, leaders can begin to feel overlooked or, worse, competitive with other ministry leaders. So what can we do?
Several weeks into the The Christian Man Mentoring Experience, we asked the pairs of men to share how the process was impacting them so far.
The jokes about people forgetting their New Year’s Resolutions quickly abound, but the exercise of thinking through your next year and setting goals is still important. I’ve begun to, instead of resolutions, create annual goals.
We all experience a wide range of emotions at Christmastime. We often think about it as a time of great joy, but it can also magnify the pain of the human heart. So how does the “Christmas story” in the Bible speak to this reality?
They believed God could move mountains and through them, He did. What about the men in your church who need to be discipled to follow the Lord? Are you willing to believe God—truly believe God—to do it through you?
As a leader, you want to see the men in your church leading powerful, transformed lives. And we want to help! Here are some suggested steps for launching a men’s mentoring movement in your church.
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