Articles designed for equipping leaders to take you beyond “men’s ministry” and into discipleship relationships to change the lives of men, their marriages, their families, their workplaces, their communities, and the world.
How do you reach men on the fringe of your church without being “preachy”?
Get ready. You are about to read a foolproof “marketing plan” to get the men of your church to come to your next event. Ready?
The greatest amount of energy required in nature is that amount required to overcome inertia and put a stationary object—like the shuttle—into motion. Overcoming spiritual inertia is the same way. We are surrounded by men who are spiritually stationary.
After you’ve defined a vision for your ministry to men and begun to communicate it consistently, you can then harness the power of the Create-Capture-Sustain cycle of ministry around that vision. Implementing this strategy helps move men forward step-by-step in their spiritual journey, with the goal of becoming mature disciples of Jesus Christ. We’ll talk […]
Since the vision you cast for your men’s ministry will be the crucial element for getting men involved, we are going to help you formulate the vision of your men’s ministry in three different ways: as an internal purpose statement, an external call, and an elevator speech.
Every conveyor belt has a motor that provides power to keep it moving. The power for your discipleship ministry with men is the Vision – Create – Capture – Sustain engine. We’ll deal with these concepts in the next several posts. We begin with helping you instill a sense of mission and vision in the […]
Think about your church for a moment. Consider your answers to these two questions: How many men do you have in your church? How many men do you have in your men’s ministry? We ask this question at every training class we do in Orlando. While the answers may vary, we typically get answers like: […]
Making disciples is all about helping men who don’t know Christ become followers of Jesus. This can be represented by a path: from “Men who need Christ” to “Mature disciples.” Your ministry will need to help men at every stage of this journey.
If you visit Amazon and search for “leadership books” you’ll find over 50,000 results. Why are there so many books about leadership? Maybe it’s because everyone recognizes the importance of leaders. Or perhaps it’s because nobody seems to be able to get it right, so they keep buying more books about it. Bill Bright, founder […]
When you make discipling men your portal priority, men will notice. As a matter of fact, they are already noticing a lot more about your church than you may think. Quick…in a phrase or sentence, what’s the dress code in your church? With just a second or two of thought, you probably came up with […]
To build a sustainable ministry to men, you’ll need a solid foundation. Start with your focus. Yes, men need to be godly fathers, caring husbands, good stewards, and servant leaders. But what is the core issue? And how can we communicate it to men so they feel valued and inspired? Laying the right foundation can help disengaged men to connect with the ministry of your church.
In our last post, we introduced a “system” or a model that is perfectly designed to help you create passionate disciples of Jesus. We believe God has entrusted us with a Biblical discipleship model, not because we are so special, but because it is a collection of principles and practices that has been proven in local […]
Since 1986, Man in the Mirror has worked with more than 25,000 churches and millions of men. We help churches create an environment where the Holy Spirit inspires men to engage in life-on-life discipleship.
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