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Men of
Hope
Last updated
July 8, 2008
Purpose Statement
Men helping one another find connection, encouragement and God's
direction in their lives, homes, work, church and community.
The Miami Valley
District United Methodist Men have a new website:
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/mvdumm/
Recommended good reading
Weekly Opportunities for Men 
Men of
Promise:
Wed. 6:30-7:30 a.m.,
Hope Church, Room 224, all men are welcome. Led by Tim
Schoonover, timschoonover@woh.rr.com
A-Men:
Sat (except 3rd) 9:00-10:00 a.m.,
Hope Church, Room 208, all men are welcome. Led by Bill Ewry
ewry_home@email.com
You Are Invited:
Why Are We Here?
For every 10 men in the
average church...
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9 will have
kids who leave the church
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8 will not
find their jobs satisfying
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6 will pay
monthly minimum on credit cards
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5 have a
major problem with pornography
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4 will get
divorced affecting 1,000,000 children each year
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Only 1 will
have a biblical worldview
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All 10 will
struggle to balance family & work
The numbers are not
pretty...
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108,000,000
men 15 or older (est. 2003).
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66,000,000
men don't know Christ.
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Only
6,000,000 men in discipleship.
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72,000,000
children under 18. Tonight, 33% of them will go to bed in a home
without a biological father.
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40% of first
marriages end in divorce affecting 1,000,000 children each year.
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33% of all
children are born out of wedlock.
"It isn't that they
can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem." -
G. K. Chesterson
The Greatest Needs We
Face...
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A Moral &
Spiritual Reformation of Society
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A
Discipleship Reformation of the Church
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A Reformation
of the Christian Family
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A Reformation
of Christian Marriage
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A Reformation
of Biblical Manhood
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A Reformation
of Biblical Womanhood
"The greatest need we
have in America today is to reach our men." - Hugh O. Maclellan
Why are we here?
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To engage
every willing man with a credible offer of Christ and the
resources to grow.
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A
disciple-making ministry to men in every church.
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Martin
Luther... 40 Years... Half the churches in Europe. A significant
impact can be made in one generation.
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A National
Call to Biblical Manhood
From the National
Coalition of Men's Ministries
www.ncmm.org
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