October Men's News from WACMM

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A Clean Comedian
Imagine five little kids in a two-bedroom New York City apartment. It almost sounds like the first line to a joke, but to father and stand- up comedian Jim Gaffigan, it's reality. Check out this funny and very special story and hear about his new book Dad is Fat.

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You can also check Jim's interview with Focus on the Family

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Study Your Wife
In 1 Peter 3:7 the husband is exhorted to "understand his wife." In other words, be a student of her, know her well. Christian comedian Tim Hawkins talks about the importance of studying your wife's every move. Check out how this often challenges we husbands

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When I Became a Man

Pastor Phil Allen teaches at The Vine @ Shepherd of the Hills Church in Simi Valley, CA. Here in a poetic challenge he calls men to put the games away, and be the powerful men God has and called us to be. HERE

Sharing Your Faith

The Columbo Tactic

Columbo was the iconic 1970's TV police detective played by Peter Falk, who used a casual technique to get suspects talking and then slip in key questions.

Apologist/evangelist Greg Koukl uses this high effective tactic of leading questions to share the gospel. "Do you mind if I ask you a question?" Check out this video as Greg demonstrates the "Columbo Tactic".

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Open Range
Mack: Shame what this town's come to.

Charley Waite: You could do something about it.

Mack: What? We're freighters. Ralph here's a shopkeeper.

Charley Waite: You're men, ain't you?

Mack: I didn't raise my boys just to see 'em killed.

Charley Waite: Well you may not know this, but there's things that gnaw at a man worse than dying

National Men's Conference MP3's Available

September 16-18 WACMM hosted men's ministry leaders and pastors from across the country for the National Coalition of Ministries to Men Annual Leadership Conference. Four keynote speakers, fifteen workshops and a special pastors panel (General Session 2 - Tuesday Morning) were among the special features of this important gathering. You can download these great messages HERE. While there, you can also purchase recordings from WACMM's Spring 2013 Iron Sharpens Iron (ISI) Conference featuring Tony Evans and Jeff Kemp and eighteen different seminars.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW: WACMM's next ISI Conference will be:
Saturday May 3, 2014 at Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield VA
More information and registration coming soon!

Upcoming Men's Conferences

Battle Tested - 2013 Mighty Men of Valor Conference
November 8-9, 2013
First Baptist Church of Glenarden Maryland
Featuring: Ray Lewis, Michael Irvin, Chris Broussard
Registration: www.menofvalor.com

Father's Imprint Weekend
October 18-20
New Life Fellowship International Ministries
Hanover MD
Registration: www.nlfim.eventbrite.com Info: HERE or Wayne Turner 443-517-3386

Jesus + Nothing = Everything

Tullian Tchividjian is the grandson of Billy Graham, senior pastor of Coral Ridge Church in Fort Lauderdale FL and bestselling author of Jesus+Nothing=Everything where he explains how God changed his outlook on life to free him from worry, despair, and the desire to please people. Check out this video interview as tells his story which led to his writing this highly recommended book. HERE

Finding Our Lost Boys

The church today faces one of the greatest challenges in Christian history: the mass exodus of boys (and men) from the church. Seventy to ninety percent of all boys will leave the church. Most won't come back. That exit is part of a larger cultural story about our boys...While we are able to tell girls a better story about themselves, now it's the guys who are confused about their place in the world. The result is that we're raising a generation of "lost boys," many of whom have no idea what it means to be a man in the church or in culture. READ MORE

WACMM Services and Resources for Your Ministry

For the past fourteen years WACMM has worked with over 700 churches in the region to help them in their ministry to men. Large churches and small churches alike, regardless of denomination, whether ministry start-ups or restarts or new initiatives, WACMM offers a range of professional services and resources such as consulting, coaching, speaking, teaching and event planning tailored to meet your needs.

We can provide an upfront assessment of your ministry and coach you through a wide range of options and resources. We partner with all the major men's resource producers (e. g. LifeWay, Family Life, Man in the Mirror. Sherwood Baptist) and can advise you on their applications to your particular situation or we can customize an approach for you.

WACMM also has a popular Speakers Bureau with some of the best men's speakers in the country. We can supply you a dynamic, expert speaker for your retreat, conference, workshop, dinner or breakfast. You'll get the highest quality presentation without the need to cover airfare, lodging and high honorarium to bring someone in from outside. For more info about WACMM services, resources and speakers, contact Dave Brown - dave@wacmm.org or 240.447.1363

You Can Be Finally Free!

Internet pornography is approaching pandemic proportions in the culture and the men of the church are increasingly caught up in its monstrous snares. Helping to lead men out of its pernicious captivity is a high priority for WACMM. There are many excellent resources out there for your arsenal in this battle but one of the best to come along recently is Finally Free: Fighting for Purity with the Power of Grace by Heath Lambert.

Pastor, counselor, and seminary professor, Dr. Lambert offers eight clear strategies that emphasize "the amazing power of Jesus Christ to free you from pornography." Lambert writes, "Whether you struggle with pornography yourself or are trying to help someone who struggles, I have good news for you: no matter how intense or long-standing the struggle, it is the work of Jesus Christ to set people free from such sin." We highly recommend it! READ MORE

Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

As some of you are reading this, you're wondering, "Dave, do I really need one more book about manhood?" The answer is yes because we men need models and heroes no matter how old we are. This book will encourage your socks off and rivet your attention on mini-bios of several memorable Christian men. Collectively their stories will help answer the questions, What is a man? and What makes a man great?

Eric Metaxas is the bestselling author of biographies of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and William Wilberforce, He believes we just don't need to talk about manhood, we need to see it in the actual lives of great men. As he explains, "Seeing and studying the actual lives of people is simply the best way to communicate ideas about how to behave and how not to behave." This is a highly recommended book for personal as well as small group study. READ MORE VIDEO CLIP Also, check out this Video Clip of Eric telling his own amazing story of how he came to faith HERE

Thanks for Your Interest in WACMM!

Dave Brown
Director and Pastor-at-Large
WACMM
Chairman, Foundation for Manhood
10309 Freeman Place
Kensington MD 20895

dave@wacmm.org

240.447.1363