Men's Ministry

[Pastor Gary]

Anyone have any personal experience with a Men's Ministry Organization named Men's Fraternity? I have been reading their website and had someone recommend it... just looking for more confirmation.

[Pianoman]

Pastor Gary - I attended a local chapter for
awhile. I really enjoyed the portion that I
attended. The name kinda worried me for awhile -
(you know - the old school secret society thing) but
there's really nothing secretive about this - just
focused for the men and not the ladies.

I only made it through about half of the first
segment (our local chapter met really early in
the morning before work 1 day a week & it
happened to be on the only day that my singing
group could practice (which is usually a late night-er)
& it was a tad more than I could comfortably juggle).

Although great for anyone - it is an exceptional course
for a young man, new convert or newly married man
(our chapter had a lot of older gentlemen & they thought
it was fantastic as well). Very ideally suited as well for
someone that has not made a salvation decision. I had
a man in his 80's in my group & he said over & over he
really wished they had something like this when he
was a younger man. He really enjoyed it.

They start out with a short video - could be a speaker,
segment of a fairly current movie, etc. - then they
break into small groups and answer a short series
of somewhat personal discussion questions together.

It's not really one of those "preachy" kind of classes.
It's very well suited for the unchurched.

I did have a workbook. If I can find it - I'd be more
than happy to let you see a couple sample lessons.

Let me know if you have any specific questions - I'll
be more than happy to tell you what I know.

Mike