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If a child is the first person in a household to become a Christian, there is a 3.5 percent
probability that everyone else in the household will follow.

If the mother is first, there is a 17 percent probability that everyone else in the
household will follow.

If the father is the first person in a household to become a Christian, there is a
93 percent probability that everyone else in the household will follow.*

* Focus on the Family Publishing, "Promise Keepers at Work."

Churches are doing a great job in women's ministries,but what about the men? If you really
want to see your church grow and be transformed, you must reach the men. Women,
by nature, tend to enjoy getting together and talking to each other. Not men. Men tend to
isolate themselves. It's imperative to find ways to get men to talk and build relationships with
each other around topics and activities that interest them. To reach men you have to enter into
their world. That's why a good, vibrant, and, exciting men's ministry is critical to the growth
of the church.

The mistake most churches make is either having a men's Bible study and calling it men's
ministry or trying to get men together to talk about their feelings. Rarely do either of these lead
to the development of a healthy and vibrant men's ministry.

Men are motivated when you give them challenges. Tell them, "We are going to meet because
we want to take our "walk" more seriously. We want to build better families. We want to
change the community. We want to become priests of our home. We want to fight to win. We
want to learn to fight through the pain. We want to understand our purpose, etc." Then you
will get their attention.

Do you have a men's ministry? How many men regularly attend? Are
they being transformed? Can you see the transformation in their giving
and service?

We leverage the lessons learned from the four plus years of weekly meetings of the Wakefield
M en's G roup. Rise and Walk has formalized the notes from the 700 plus hours of weekly
meetings, including the topics and scriptures covered, as the blueprint you can build on to
ensure your men are being transformed through a healthy, vibrant, and powerful men's
ministry.

How awesome would it be to have your men so excited about your new Men's Ministry that
they begin inviting others that don't attend your church to the meetings...it will happen!