The mission of this site about encouraging one-on-one men’s ministry.
That is about men’s ministry in “real life.” Written to mature men who want to help younger men mature in all aspects of life. It is life on life application.
Some of the posts will explain more about the philosophy. Others will illustrate how to practice it.
The focus is not on any sect or denomination of any organized religion. However, the author is an ardent follower of Jesus Christ and sees Jesus as the ultimate model of men’s ministry.
Men can and should minister to women, and women can and should minister to men. However, the bond of matching gender facilitates ministry. Being of the same sex also eliminates many possible accusations of sexual harassment or worse.
See the Index a list of current posts.
For more about the sole author see the About Me page.
Three categories of entries(posts) here include:
About posts tagged Days:
Philosophy of men’s ministry and how to live it in real life. Each“Day” entry will typically look like this:
Topic sentence
Some applicable Scriptures
Explanation
My personal experience“What I do is ….”“What I have done is ….”
Challenge to the reader“So …”
Graphic illustration
About posts tagged Clues:
Some hints to share with another man. “What I have found helpful is ….“ or“My experience is ….” or“As I understand it ….” A few verbal things to share in men’s ministry. Each“Clue” entry will typically look like this:
Short form of the clue
Things that might trigger you to share it
Explanation
Some possible ways to say it
About posts tagged Sidebars/Excursi:
These put“shoe leather” on passages like the Fruits of the Spirit(Gal. 5:22-23) and the characteristics of agape love between Christian brothers(1 Cor 13:4-8). Others may be a stand-alone word or concepts studies. Each“Sidebar” entry will typically look like this:
Word(s) in English and transliterated original
Research on that word/concept in its culture of origin
Living it out looks like in real life in my culture today. Frequently suggests that this may look different in another culture or sub-culture.”
A challenge to the reader.“ So/Therefore …“
Edify Ministries, Inc. is a Florida not-for-profit corporation.
My current focus is on one-on-one ministry with men. In some way, I have been doing this sort of thing for about 60 years starting with a boy’s club, camping and now personal ministry. Here is some background information about me. Be sure to check the index page for this site. I started out as a business systems …
My ministry, which I call Edify Ministries, seeks to build up the body of Christ by helping believers, primarily as individuals, to understand God’s Word and practice it in daily life. This doctrinal statement serves as a summary of my basic current understandings. However, “We are not called simply to believe certain points or observe certain practices, but ultimately …
but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. — Ephesians 4:15-16 (NASV)
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