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1.  Dr David Henry's presentation 2018 Presentation in the Men's Ministry Leadership Development Conference:  " Leadership- the Ethos   of the Male Dimension". 

2.  The five (5) presentations of the 2019 Men's Ministry Leadership Development Conference

        - Fathering the Nation: Role of the Local Church:                    Rev Dr Stephen Jennings
        - Sexual-Proofing Male Leadership in the Church:                    Andre Davis
        - Male-Leadership Effectiveness in the Church:                       Rev Sam McCook
        - Bringing the Hunter Home: Reaching Men Now:                     Rev Rohan Ambersley
        - Keeping Male Millenials and Generation Z Boys in Church:     Gary Messado


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https://www.dropbox.com/s/x1gjn7qldkcqebe/Fathering%20the%20Nation%20%28Role%20of%20the%20Local%20Church%29%20-%20Rev.%20Dr.%20Stephen%20Jennings.mp3?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k417zsri97cvzcc/Bringing%20the%20Hunter%20Home%20%28Reaching%20Men%20Now%29%20-%20Rev.%20Rohan%20Ambersley.mp3?dl=0 (Bringing the Hunter Home: Reaching Men Now; Rev Rohan Ambersley
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pmdyqyhycw78dv6/Sexual%20Proofing%20Male%20Leadership%20in%20the%20Church%20-%20Andre%20Davis.mp3?dl=0b
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hxubio7ieb3kyj6/Male%20Leadership%20Effectiveness%20in%20the%20Church%20-%20Rev.%20Sam%20McCook.mp3?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7pxivsrqg58w24w/Keeping%20Male%20Millenials%20and%20Generation%20Z%20Boys%20in%20the%20Church%20-%20Gary%20Messado.mp3?dl=0

 

COMMUNITY LEADERS VALUES-BASED TRAINING

Towards a Values-Based Leadership Agenda for Inner City Influencers and Leaders

Background:

The character of leadership in our inner city communities is informed by a legacy of domination, force, creating loyalty through making others beholden,  exploitation of women, and the weak generally.  The message of the church is an antidote to this legacy, but its main impact is through those who are saved. 

However there are clear values which arise out of our message which are relevant whether people are Christians or not.  The opportunity to influence leadership through these values is an important opportunity, and further provides a means for the church to “make level paths” for the feet of the Lord to come into people’s lives.  

The practice of “negotiating” access to communities by the church, through acknowledgement (and sometimes accommodation) of informal leaders, does not allow the church full freedom as a catalyst for transformational leadership development in communities. As a result, leaders are formed and made in communities without the influence of the church, who is usually a large stakeholder in the community.

Our turbulent 21st century calls for leadership through influence ,  confident, innovative, collaborative ……. men who inspire and create positive, lasting change in partnerships, teams, ….., communities, and the wider world. Values-based leaders exercise their influence to make a difference by aligning decisions and actions with consciously chosen values. They inspire and enable themselves and others to accomplish their highest values in action.  (Carolyn Ward 1997). 

The Values-Based Community Leadership initiative seeks to do the following:

·        Challenge leaders and influencers in broad swathes of communities to reexamine their role as keepers through an initial breakfast meeting

·        Encourage engagement of local churches in the individual communities in similar events at the local level

·        Take community leaders and influencers through a program that will

o       enhance their ability to lead themselves and others through authentic shared values

o       promote acceptance of their roles as positive keepers in communities

o       enable them to mentor emerging leaders in values-based decision-making and action

o       create a positive, lasting legacy. 

o       enable understanding of right notions on stewardship

o       build resilient and productive partnerships in communities

o       present the claims of the gospel through discovery

  The program revolves around the following:

  • The Leader as keeper of himself
  • The leader as keeper of family
  • The leader as keeper of  community
  • The leader as keeper of his brother/sister/neighbour
  • The leader as problem solver (especially in times of tension and confusion)
  • The leader as steward
  • The leader as Developer of others
  • The leader as keeper of Youth and Women

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AMAN A GWAN!  Volume 1/12 (January 2012) A Single Page Monthly Publication of Mentoring A Nation (MAN) Sing

  Our sample feature here looks at the issue of the disappearing male from church

 Jamaican men are turned off by a widely diffused female iconography of the church (Sam Vassel);  Recently Orville Taylor used his Gleaner column to take the church to task about its ineffectiveness in retaining young men in church. To what extent is the local church community failing to attract and retain men ?  We need to seriously consider whether our programs are “designed” to accomplish this.  It almost seems that our men are held captive by many other things, and that ministry has been unable to establish authentic relationship as bridges to our men.  As church leaders, have we unwittingly focused on “transactional evangelism” rather than relationship evangelism focused on making “disciples of men” ?   Do we feel satisfied that what is in fact a clear male marginality problem in Jamaica beyond primary school, is being dealt with satisfactorily by government and seen as positively opportunistic by the church ?  The scriptures recount a big lesson for us in 2 Kings 24  "The King of Babylon deported all the fighting men, and all the skilled cratfsmen and artisans...... 2 Kings 24 (NIV).  The community of God’s people require the retention of the “fighting men” , and this ought to be enough motivation to men in church to get involved in reaching other men, and in becoming fathers to youngsters who need mentoring relationships.

Here are some thoughts from Dave Murrow (2012)

“ By their senior year, girls are 14 percent more likely to have participated in a youth group than boys. And they are 21 percent more likely to have stayed involved in youth group all four years of high school. Congratulations. The stage is set for the female-dominated church of the future.  So what's the answer? We need a revolution in how we raise boys in the faith. Sunday school and youth group are screening out men years before they reach adulthood. Christians must have the courage to change these institutions so regular, red-blooded boys are more likely to grow up in church. I'm not saying we should pander to men, but would it be too much to accommodate them?     (Dave Murrow January 25/2012);

Here's the problem with young men and praise-singing: The average 16-year-old boy is not grateful to God yet. He hasn't experienced much spiritual victory, so praise means nothing to him. Trying to make the typical teenage boy sing praise songs is like trying to make a pig knit. Guys love a challenging sermon that doesn't stray into condemnation or moralism. They like mind-stretching discussions and healthy debate. Men appreciate a nice facility that's well kept.  Many a man's religious reticence is his own fault. Some men are proud and want to be their own god. Others are captive to sin. A few have been wounded in church or deeply troubled by churchgoers' hypocrisy. (NB. Editors paraphrase: Women suffer from these things as well, but not as badly affected it seems)

Men do not follow religions or teachings or philosophies – they follow men. They need mentors – heroes in the faith – even more than women do. But churches have neglected their laymen for so long that there is now a shortage of older men who are willing to mentor the young. Male Sunday school teachers are in chronic short supply; male youth leaders are often hard to find. Does your church have even one mature man who's mentoring the young adult men?   If you want to meet young men at church, find a congregation that specifically targets them. Mars Hill Church in Seattle is built to reach the young, urban, coffee-and-computer crowd. Pastor Mark Driscoll unashamedly goes after these dudes. He addresses them each week from the pulpit. He uses metaphors they can relate to. His preaching is edgy – Driscoll is not afraid to present Christ's harsh, demanding side. As a result, Mars Hill is brimming with young single men – in one of America's least-churched cities.

            Perhaps as local church leaders, we need to prayerfully bring a new and intentional focus to discipling men in the church. It starts by introducing men to a new relationship with Jesus, and working out of another trusted relationship:  the believing man and the spiritually needy man.  God needs more of us men....Man fe gwan go reach men !  Click below/paste in your browser and check out this resource:

 http://manmentoringanation.yolasite.com/recommended-curriculum.php

 

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