Rooted and Built Up “More than half of all Christian teens and twentysomethings leave active involvement in church,” according to David Kinnaman, author of You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church . . . and Rethinking Faith. It’s a devastating statistic, but we can be encouraged that God is not surprised by the...
Category: <span>Church Leadership</span>
Use FOMO to Combat FOBO
If you’re wondering what in the world I’m talking about, you might not be Gen Z, but if you are one or you have kids or grandkids, you’ve heard these acronyms. Coined by Patrick McGinnis in 2004, FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) describes the feeling that everyone around us is doing something more awesome than...
Manhood, Domination, and Battle – Does Masculinity Matter in 2023?
Masculinity was so last century. It’s antiquated to talk about manhood. Should discussing manhood as biblical even matter to the church in 2023? Let me give you a resounding yes. It matters now as it has always mattered, and that’s why Noble Warriors continues to move forward with initiatives like The Noble Man, a one-day...
Laying Parallel Tracks that Merge in the Distance
Part 4 of the BE AN AMBASSADOR Series. One of the ventures God has led Noble Warriors to this year has been something we could not have predicted, planned, or seen on the horizon at the beginning of 2022. Yet, God has placed us where the growth and opportunity to train men is unpredictable and unprecedented. We...
Effective Intergenerational Discipleship: A Pastor’s Perspective
Part 3 of the BE AN AMBASSADOR Series. As 2022 comes to a close, we want you to know the difference your giving makes. Through our Titus 2 MENtoring initiative, we come alongside pastors in their work of ministering week-in and week-out to their men, and we praise God for our supporters’ prayers and financial...
How to Mobilize Men for Missions
by Kaden Many churches will emphasize a fresh focus on missions in November or December. What does that focus look like? As a leader in your church, how do you impart the vision you see for missions? How do you mobilize men toward that vision? Before the dawn of the all-immersive world of virtual reality...
SEBTS Student Engagement
Battle Briefing | October 2022 With your support, you’re strategically investing in future pastors and ministry leaders across VA and beyond. God has opened a door to connect with SEBTS leaders who have been praying for ways to increase emphasis on men’s discipleship and begin some preliminary work among students. We are exploring possibilities by...
A Guide to Launching BetterMan
You have a desire to see men transformed. You want to help build a community of men who desire a better, more fulfilling life from work, family, friends, marriage, and relationship with God. You are ready to implement a resource that weaves together the challenging realities of modern-day life with the practical wisdom of the...
Developing a New Mentoring Initiative
Battle Briefing | July 2022 Jesus sent the disciples out two by two to give them experience in what it would be like to carry on without him. He knew that his time on earth was short, and the Kingdom’s advancement would depend on these few disciples’ abilities to advance the mission and multiply disciples...
Moving Your Best Men from Church Management to Kingdom Multiplication
Pastors, are you making the most of your godly men? One of the conversations I frequently have with pastors is about leveraging their best men, their most reproducible men, as leaders for a men’s discipleship initiative. Can you think of a guy in your church everyone recognizes as someone they would want to emulate? When...