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What is a Christian Guys Team?
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Christian Guys Teams are groups that meet on a regular basis to provide training, accountability, support and prayer to guys 17 to 25. Regardless of age or background all Christian guys want to be the man that God has called then to be and being part of a Christian Guys Team can help.

Christian Guys Ministries Headquarters does not put out “cookie cutter” teams with a set of curriculum that the group must follow. Each team adapts to fit the size and "personality" of the group. The only guidelines if you will are…

  • Teams should stay small with no more than 10 guys on any given team. However each church may have as many as necessary to accommodate all the guys that are interested in joining.
  • Teams should meet as often as possible, ideally once a week, but can be as infrequently as once a month, the day and the time is determined around the availability of the team members.
  • Teams should meet in places that are private as to afford the team members a safe place to talk openly about the things that are going on in their life without risk of being overheard, never should the team meet with only the Coach and one team member as to avoid any chance of slanderous comment or accusation.

Teams can be chartered through local faith-based organizations, including churches and para-church ministries. While each group is different, Christian Guys is have at its core several basic principles:

  • Connections: The Team provides an open, supporting, and accepting atmosphere where guys can get together to talk about the struggles and trials they are going through without judgment or prejudice.
  • Mentoring: Coaches will listen, encourage, and offer information and perspectives gained through experience.
  • Practical Instruction: Teaching times focus on areas of common interest, offering inspiration and information that is relevant.
  • Leadership Development: Christian Guys Teams are organized and run by Godly men who come from all walks of life. They may have backgrounds in ministry, business, agriculture, social services etc. Each coach will bring a unique perspective on leadership as well as providing the Team members the opportunity to grow into leadership positions on their or other teams.

The above principles can be carried out through different aspects of a Team:

  • Discussion: The small and accepting atmosphere of a team offers guys a chance to share their successes, failures, questions, and concerns. It is during these times that guys realize that they are not alone, and lifelong friendships are formed.
  • Teaching: Topics presented at Team meetings, can be anything from Rock Climbing techniques to deep Bible study. They are designed to challenge guys to take their life to the next level both in the world and in their relationship with Christ.
  • Hand-on Experiences: Groups are encouraged to have “offsite” activities and trips. These can include the Christian Guys Conference or Annual Missions Trip or Team, Area or State activities. These times allow for Team building and stretching to know where each guy is and how far they need to go.
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Pastor Connection
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Dear Pastor,

I want to take a minute to say what an honor it is that you have taken time out of your busy day to visit our site. Being in full time ministry myself, I understand how hectic your day can be. My prayer is that as you have browsed though our site you have been able to see that this is a vital ministry not only on the internet, but in the local church as well.

Christian Guys Ministries would like to partner with you, the local pastor, to develop a ministry in your local church that is specifically geared to young men age 16 to 25. I know that we all have or at some time had a “Men’s ministry” in our church, and they serve a vital role in the health of our church. However, many men’s ministries overlook the “young” men. I have seen churches where the “young” men are “apprentices”, if you will, but the discussion in the meetings and fellowship is still geared toward the 35ish and older men. Rarely have I seen deliberate ministry and discussion that focused specifically on our young men, the guys.

We will support your local group with material, training for the coach (leader), and speakers for special occasions such as retreats for the guys, camps, conferences, services and the like.

To find out more about this great ministry please contact our Pastor Coordinator, David Roush, today. You can find his contact information just to the right on this page.

God Bless,

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Become a Coach
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It was once said that "A man never stands so tall as when he stoops to help a boy!" While the guys that we have visit our ministry are defiantly not boys, they still need guidance and direction. They will never admit it but they need someone to lean on and ask questions to. They need someone like you!

According to a recent report by LifeWay Research, a branch of the Southern Baptist Convention more than two-thirds of Protestant young adults exit the church between the ages of 18 and 22. Among the chief reasons young adults gave for quitting church - one in four mentioned the transition to college, while 22 percent said they moved too far from church to keep attending and 27 percent said they just wanted a break. Another 23 percent named work responsibilities as the primary factor.

Christian Guys Ministries want to close that gap! We want to provide a reason to come to church during the college years, as well as point guys to local college campus ministries, we offer the online membership for those that are physically not able to go to church or "need a break" but still want to stay connected to their faith.

As part of that process we would like to partner with local churches and organizations to provide local support. This support manifests itself in the form of Christian Guys Teams! We need men like you to commit to mentoring guys age 18-25 through the maze of changing from being a teen to being a man of God!

Now don't think that you will be alone in this endeavor, we want to support you and provide you resources along the way. We also will host rallies, and retreats, we will have annual missions trips that you can join in on and we will have our Annual Conference.

We hope you will prayerfully consider allowing us to come alongside you to create a local ministry to help you in the process of strengthening your young men so they can become all that God has intended for them to be.

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