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Disciple Men Podcast Episode 008: Mike Young If you do any work in men’s ministry, you are aware that the journey is often hard and lonely. However, it doesn’t have to be. NCMM exists to connect you with other men who are also discipling men, to amplify your work and cheer with you over the successes you see. Mike Young, our new board president, shares with us his story of entering men’s ministry and his passion to see men work together to reach other men. Mike began his career as a school teacher and administrator then switched to construction before realizing that he wasn’t happy in either of these fields. That’s when God instilled in him a passion for men’s ministry that has not let up. Seeing the value of men connecting with other men in ministry, Mike has been an active member of NCMM for well over a decade. In his new leadership role, he gets to oversee the current regional meet-ups, podcast, and book projects that will result in more men being discipled. Mike points out that every man in men’s ministry has the same calling—to help men follow Christ—although that calling may be manifest in a wide variety of ways. That’s why NCMM exists—to utilize the variety of these best efforts to maximize each individual ministry’s impact to men. Quotes: “[My family is] really seeing lived out the biblical model of generational blessing because of faithful men.” —Mike “There are literally more men that need help and need encouragement and need Christ than the existing ministries of NCMM could ever reach. Not only do we need to get over this idea that we’re in competition with each other, but we’ve also got to invite more men to be part of this. We have to be prayerful and intentional about raising up some other guys. […] There’s much work to be done. We need to be invested in not just expanding what God has given us to do but also expanding the number of guys who are available to participate in the whole movement. It’s critical.” —Mike “Most guys who are passionate about discipling men are passionate because someone else has discipled them. Someone has invested in them, and they see the value of paying that forward by investing in other men. If that’s your story, we want to hear it; we want to celebrate it with you; and we want to help you disciple even more men. We want to help you multiply out what you are doing so that the guys you are investing in then become men who invest in other men.” —Mike Challenge: Don’t do another day of men’s discipleship alone! Join our tribe so that we can help and encourage you while you bring your own gifts to the table to help the rest of us. Resources mentioned in or related to this episode: http://www.noblewarriors.org/ Interaction: Do you have something to add to this conversation? Or an idea for a topic that the Disciple Men Podcast should cover? What would be helpful to you? Please contact us through the comments, by e-mail, or on our show line. The post 008 – “Doing together what we can’t do alone with guest Mike Young” appeared first on NCMM | Disciple Men Magazine.

Disciple Men Podcast Episode 007: Glen Dry Since sixty percent of all adults who go to church on Sunday are female, it appears the church is doing a great job of reaching women. While we want to honor the success of ministry to women, we also want to include men in church life. What can be done to draw men in? To call them “out and up”? Glen Dry has pioneered a church ministry that reaches out to men (specifically those of the camouflage culture) and ministers to them in an environment that challenges them. Considering that Jesus’ ministry was outdoors, Glen’s church meets outside, fully engaged with the elements and wildlife that surround the rooftop area they gather under. All the service elements are designed to call men out and up to follow after God, to let the men be men and not simply comfortable spectators. Glen points out that “if you want something you’ve never had, you need to do something you’ve never done” then explains the specifics of how his ministry uniquely reaches the outdoorsmen of his community. Quotes: “The church, unfortunately, has overlooked the idea and concept of environment when it comes to calling men out and then being convicted to walk out their relationship with Jesus. […] Basically, I grew up in an environment that I don’t know if it called men out or called men up to be who God has called them to be but just created a comfortable place for them to come sit and listen and never engage. What we have done is created an environment for them to engage because it’s outdoors.” —Glen Dry “I say it’s a miracle every time a guy walks through the door. Because that miracle might bring his family with him one day.” —Glen Dry Challenge: What’s in your particular church’s DNA to reach men? Look for whatever your church’s passion is and turn it into why you go to church. Then, the passion will change to purpose to bring other people along on your journey to know God. Resources mentioned in or related to this episode: http://www.sportsmanschurch.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sportsmanschurch/?fref=ts http://mantomanonline.org Call the ministry’s main line: 361-572-9604 Interaction: Do you have something to add to this conversation? Or an idea for a topic that the Disciple Men Podcast should cover? What would be helpful to you? Please contact us through the comments, by e-mail, or on our show line. The post 007 with Glen Dry appeared first on NCMM | Disciple Men Magazine.

Episode 006: Taking Back Ground … One Man at a Time with guest Pat Morley Are you discouraged about lack of impact ministry is having in world today? Do you sometimes want to give up on your efforts because you struggle to see the fruit? Our guest in this podcast is convinced that progress is happening and good things are coming. All media and statistical information points to men’s ministry having little impact on men generally. However, in one-on-one relationships, men’s discipleship is thriving in ways that the statistics can’t measure. Each man’s change serves as a catalyst for further change in other men. No one said that discipling men and making a widespread impact on them would be easy. No one said that every generation would be equally impacted at any specific time. Men’s ministry can be most effective when it keeps its doors open to every man in the church and offers the support that men need when they need it. Find hope and motivation to press on in your ministry to men. Quotes: “Why bother with men’s discipleship? […] God’s designated means to release the power of His gospel on every problem we face is discipleship. […] It doesn’t make any difference how we got into the current situation. The only solution is to disciple our way out. There is no other way out.” —Pat “The idea of capturing momentum is very important. It’s the idea of figuring out the next right step for each man, giving him an opportunity to visualize something he can see himself succeeding at.” —Pat “The bottleneck that is most holding back the church is the idea of disciples not making disciples. […] It’s an oxymoron. […] It’s as though for at least one generation […] the church has been really focused on trying to attract people in to come and be discipled. […] We’ve created a generation or two of people that like to consume the religion and be entertained. We have really created a church with a lot of spiritual obesity.” —Pat “Our work for God will always be a reflection of our walk with God.” —Pat Challenge: 1. Be in the Word on your own consistently. 2. Be in a life-on-life relationship with 1-4 guys to know each other personally. Resources mentioned in or related to this episode: Web sites www.maninthemirror.org www.nomanleftbehind.org Sign up for blog updates www.patrickmorley.com Books Man in the Mirror Interaction: Do you have something to add to this conversation? Or an idea for a topic that the Disciple Men Podcast should cover? What would be helpful to you? Please contact us through the comments, by e-mail, or on our show line. The post Disciple Men Podcast – Episode 6 with Pat Morley appeared first on NCMM | Disciple Men Magazine.

Intro: Did your father impact your life by his presence or absence? Fathers have a significant influence on their children’s development, whether they are present and engaged or not. This episode explores the ways that fathers can have the most effective impact on their children. Being a father to children, one of society’s most significant jobs, comes with less preparation than one gets with driving a car. Add to that the effects—good or bad—that one’s own father has had on a man’s life. Once we put these things together, being a father is often beyond what we think we can do, let alone do well. In this podcast, Ken Canfield shares with us the seven secrets of effective fathers to give us a starting point to father well. Quotes: “If we do not connect with the hearts of our children and then connect with the heart of the Heavenly Father which empowers us, we are going to be impotent. We are not going to do what God has for us to do. It’s incumbent on us to deal with whatever father wound or void is in our own life first.” —Ken “When you show up keep your promises and follow through, that’s like gold.”—Ken “The gift of being a dad: you get to work and get things cleaned up that you didn’t even know was a mess. […] It brings you into a humble human state where you can […] repent to those in [your] family.”—Ken “When we love our child’s mother, […] treating [her] with civil respect [in the situations warranting it], […] the more we engage and build marital strength and satisfaction, it’s like putting money in our long-term family system saving account. That is going to pay off with future generations.”—Ken “The mark of a great dad is what he does after he fails.”—Ken Challenge: Of all the secrets, active listening is one that you can apply today. Consider how often Jesus used questions to draw out information and create bonds with people. Then,ask thoughtful questions and listen to your children’s responses to strengthen your family relationships. Resources mentioned in or related to this episode: grandsmatter.org fathers.com The 7 Secrets of Effective Fathers: Becoming the Father Your Children Need Ken R. Canfield Interaction: Do you have something to add to this conversation? Or an idea for a topic that the Disciple Men Podcast should cover? What would be helpful to you? Please contact us through the comments, by e-mail, or on our show line. The post Disciple Men Podcast – Episode 5 with Ken Canfield appeared first on NCMM | Disciple Men Magazine.

Intro: Are you sitting inside your church, waiting for men to come in and beg to be discipled? Is that working for you? In this episode, we talk to a former pastor who is taking the church to the streets. After pastoring for 30+ years, Steve Sabol felt called to use his time taking the church to the community through programs at the YMCA, schools, and prisons. He works through a 24-week curriculum about manliness that captures men’s hearts and leads them to seek Christ. Men are being impacted through this work. Steve’s work reaches into churches who want to have a life-giving men’s ministry, as well. In this podcast, Steve shares some of the ways that his program specifically interests men and involves them in meaningful conversation. Quotes: “Men are men. Men in churches struggle. […] Divorce in the evangelical church has now actually inched past the national average. Many men [who] are regular church attenders acknowledge a struggle with Internet pornography. So, struggles with their marriage, struggles with their kids. So whether it’s an unconnected guy or a connected guy, the needs are the same.” —Steve “[I give my cell number to newly-released prisoners to get together and] make sure he establishes healthy relationships. Because usually that’s the thing that feeds most into recidivism is they get back into their old familiar circles and it’s very destructive relationships that lead them back to a life they said they don’t want to be a part of anymore.” —Steve “If you were to ask me what as a 34-year pastor and 38-year minister what’s the greatest problem in culture and society right now and I would use one word to describe it: fatherlessness.” —Steve “God is opening some incredible doors of opportunity that I never saw coming. The thing I pray every morning is that ‘God, whatever door You open today, help me to be a good steward of the trust You have invested in me.’” —Steve Challenge: Instead of trying to get the world to come to church, take the church to the world! Resources mentioned in or related to this episode: http://www.m2mmin.com/ ssabol@comcast.net e-mail resource The Nice Thought for the Day–email with subscribe in subject line Interaction: Do you have something to add to this conversation? Or an idea for a topic that the Disciple Men Podcast should cover? What would be helpful to you? Please contact us through the comments, by e-mail, or on our show line. The post Disciple Men Podcast – Episode 4 with Steve Sabol appeared first on NCMM | Disciple Men Magazine.

Intro: Have you struggled with where your priorities lie with family, ministry and work? Do you know how to rebalance your priorities? This podcast episode will give you a running start on recognizing faulty priorities so that you can fix them. As has happened with other men in ministry, Steve Demme experienced a complete undoing that demonstrated his family priorities were not right. For the longest time, Steve thought that he had things balanced well—God, family, ministry—but it took some confrontation from his wife and kids to get past his blind spot. Those in ministry need to challenge one another to remain on track with their families, mainly by staying on track with God. Steve learned that the best way to keep his family his priority is to spend plenty of time with God, soaking in His unconditional love and learning to walk, not run. The more you spend time with God, the more approachable you are to your family so that they can share their feelings on your relationship. Quotes: “I defined my relationship with my God based on how much I did for Him. And I felt [that] the more I did, the more well-pleased He’d be with me. The more well-pleased with me, the more He’d love me. […] I was acting differently from my belief system.”—Steve “I had to confront my stuff. That has been the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, but it has produced the best fruit.”—Steve “Let God love you.”—Steve “God often uses our weaknesses because we think this is our strength. He says, ‘No, no, no, I need your weaknesses. I’ve got plenty of strength.’”—Steve “If we’re not real about our own struggles, how are we going to help people?”—Steve Challenge: Marinate in the Gospel. Ask God to search you, and wait on God. Learn to be still, and let God talk to your heart. Resources mentioned in or related to this episode: Buildingfaithfamilies.org Knowing God’s Love Crisis to Christ The Spiritual Danger of Doing Good Peter Greer Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Peter Scazzero Discovering the Mind of a Woman Ken Nair Interaction: Do you have something to add to this conversation? Or an idea for a topic that the Disciple Men Podcast should cover? What would be helpful to you? Please contact us through the comments, by e-mail, or on our show line. The post Disciple Men Podcast – Episode 3 with Steve Demme appeared first on NCMM | Disciple Men Magazine.

Intro: Look around the church and you will see that about 61% of the congregation is female. Where are the men? Why have they jumped ship? Here’s why. Christianity is the only world religion that is losing men at a rapid rate. Although, initially, church plants grab men’s attention because of the work to establish them, the men lose interest when it comes time to nurture the congregation that has been built up. Thus, over time, churches tend to feminize in how they present themselves and operate on Sunday morning. This cycle can be broken when churches focus on gathering men by watching their décor, worship music, and preaching style. Pastors find success as a church when they remove the barriers to male participation. Quotes: “Men are looking for a toehold. [They ask,] ‘Is this something I want to invest myself in?’”—David “[Jesus] focused on men. […] A lot of churches are realizing that if you can get the guy in the door, you are going to get the women and children in the deal. There is nothing more attractive to a godly woman than a godly man. If you pack your churches full of godly men—both married and single—the women come in and feel secure by that.” —David “Masculinity is really inconvenient until you need it.” —David “When women step up and lead, men graciously and happily step back.” —David “The secret of church growth has not changed in two thousand years. Get the dudes involved to the point that they want to die for you, and your church will grow.” —David “Until you get Sunday morning right, there is no point in launching a men’s ministry.” —David Challenge: Visit David’s Web site, and get ideas to get a conversation started. Begin the conversation in your church, realizing that God’s work often starts in groups of 2 or 3. Pray about bringing in more men and begin the culture change that will do just that. Resources mentioned in or related to this episode: Why Men Hate Going to Church by David Murrow Churchformen.com Email: david@churchformen.com Camerin Courtney, “Brother, Where Art Thou?” Christianity Today article http://www.crosswalk.com/11621119/ NCMM leadership summit Interaction: Do you have something to add to this conversation? Or an idea for a topic that the Disciple Men Podcast should cover? What would be helpful to you? Please contact us through the comments, by e-mail, or on our show line. The post Disciple Men Podcast – Episode 2 with David Murrow appeared first on NCMM | Disciple Men Magazine.

Intro: Do you have a passion to see men discipled and encouraged? NCMM is all about equipping you to have that ministry in your church and in your own life. In this podcast, we talk about what NCMM is, what projects we have done, and how upcoming podcast episodes will be part of equipping you in very practical aspects of life, ministry, and business. We are excited to present this new podcast as another piece of NCMM’s commitment to encourage, connect, and disciple men. The Disciple Men Podcast joins NCMM’s men’s magazine, national conference, regional meet-ups, and membership benefits to promote men’s discipleship. Our members provide a breadth of talent and expertise that they will share, one-by-one, in episodes covering everything from social issues (fatherlessness, divorce) to business concerns (marketing/social media, management) to ministry needs (finances/funding, church/parachurch ministries). This is only the tip of the iceberg of topics that ministry leaders, denominational leaders, entertainers, professional athletes, pastors, and marketing professionals will offer you. Quotes: “There’s ministry everywhere regardless of whether we are working for a corporation or non-profit.” –Leary “All the members [of NCMM] are chipping in to do their part.” –Leary “It’s not about the amount of things you are juggling but what you have in play.” –Leary Challenge: If you’re not part of a group of men meeting together, become part of one for the encouragement it provides. If you are interested in developing these relationships, we welcome you to join NCMM. Resources mentioned in or related to this episode: themensbible.com reloadleadershipsummit.com learygates.com Interaction: Do you have something to add to this conversation? Or an idea for a topic that the Disciple Men Podcast should cover? What would be helpful to you? Please contact us through the comments, by e-mail, or on our show line. editor@ncmm.org The post 001 Premier Episode with Leary Gates appeared first on NCMM | Disciple Men Magazine.