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Old 03-16-2007, 09:34 AM
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Welcome to GodMen
Welcome to GodMen, where you'll find power, honesty, courage and your tribe of brothers.

The truth is that on any given Sunday, 60% of church attendees are women, and something about church today is keeping men away. We are attempting to create a worship place for men that looks nothing like church. It is a place where men of no religion and men who have left the church break bread with followers of Jesus. Where simply being a man, created in Gods image, is celebrated. An environment familiar with and conducive to the way men are made comfortable and the unique way men interact.

We have committed to see what would happen if, for one day, our faith and its struggles would be discussed with absolute honesty, transparency and openness - not sugar coated or framed in church language but instead spoken in frankness and maturity where men can see their innermost fears, shames, and secrets brought to light in a safe environment. Not for judgment but instead to reveal a commonality of unique male struggles shared with their own tribe, a band of brothers who promise to walk this journey with them to the end. The GodMen event is:

* More powerful, raw, and real than any other men's event you know.
* A place to explore issues like fear, isolation, numbness, aimlessness, pornography, passivity and more.
* An opportunity to discuss sensitive subjects without using sugar coated or safe church language.
* Speakers who speak honestly about their struggles through short messages.
* Hosted by comedian, actor and author Brad Stine. Other speakers include Paul Coughlin (author of No More Christian Nice Guy), Dave Bunker, Illusionist Ken Sands and more, plus the GodMen Band.
* A place to ask questions and receive honest answers.
* A chance to celebrate the masculine spirit.

This is a place of worship where we engage in laughter for laughter's sake, music for the sake of music, and male-specific elements that let guys be guys. We are unique in that we provide audience-speaker dialogue and interaction in order to teach men how to shoulder each others’ burdens, never to be alone again. Our ultimate desire is to encourage men to leave committed to daily acts of courage, guiding them into a new and fresh journey. Does this resonate with you and your search for meaning and truth? Then you are of our tribe - come walk with us and bring your unique life experience and perspective to our journey.

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Old 03-16-2007, 09:38 AM
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On the internet how do they know how is man and who is woman?





j/k

Have never heard of the people listed as being the leaders of this.

Enjoy.
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Old 03-16-2007, 09:40 AM
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On the internet how do they know how is man and who is woman?





j/k

Have never heard of the people listed as being the leaders of this.

Enjoy.
I saw a story on them last night... They believe that Jesus had a strong masculine side that gets forgotten.

I want to note that I created the thread for purposes of discussion... not as a sign of support.
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Old 03-16-2007, 09:44 AM
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It was very interesting though... they had one speaker on that was gay. He spoke and told about his journey heretofore... The man feels that homosexuality is wrong per the word of God and he talked about the struggle he faces with how he feels as a person while living the life he knows God would want him to live.


I wasn't "sold" on them at all... but it was.... interesting....

I would have to know a lot more to know how I felt about what they are doing.

As I watched it the old "Why men hate church" thread kept coming to mind.

They get together.
They do church...
And they do it from a decidedly and purposefully masculine prospective.
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Old 03-16-2007, 09:45 AM
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It was very interesting though... they had one speaker on that was gay. He spoke and told about his journey heretofore... The man feels that homosexuality is wrong per the word of God and he talked about the struggle he faces with how he feels as a person while living the life he knows God would want him to live.


I wasn't "sold" on them at all... but it was.... interesting....

I would have to know a lot more to know how I felt about what they are doing.

Just from reading this post, I think I know how I feel about them.
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Old 03-16-2007, 09:49 AM
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There is a video here
http://www.godmen.org/events.htm
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Just from reading this post, I think I know how I feel about them.
What portion of the posts helped you reach that decision?
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Uh, do "real men" need to sit around and discuss what being a "real man" is all about?
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What portion of the posts helped you reach that decision?
Digger, when Homos are speaking, I ain't listening.
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Uh, do "real men" need to sit around and discuss what being a "real man" is all about?
That's another thing.
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