MEN'S MINISTRY

Men’s Ministry at PCCC is a new way of looking at oneself as a godly man. It embodies the vision of where we are trying to go with all the men. Our major philosophy is to challenge men to think about who they are in Christ.

Kingdom Service

We believe that all men have a potential for service in the Kingdom. Our ultimate goal is to challenge men to become godly husbands, godly fathers, godly supporters of their pastors, and full-fledged servants of the Lord Jesus.

Spiritual Leaders

We place an emphasis on becoming spiritual leaders in our homes and families. This emphasis shifts the pendulum from what our traditional approach to men's ministry has been, from only getting men involved in ministry activities, to challenging men to become the spiritual leaders in their homes and churches. To do this, it is important that men be engaged in a lifetime of discipleship development and training. The sad fact is that very few men, including pastors, have had effective discipling by men who were fully discipled themselves.

We also seek to equip, motivate, and challenge men who are fathers to improve their fathering skills and become godly fathers. Most family problems come from father failure, and may be neutralized by strong paternal leadership. In the United States since 1900, fathers have been emotionally focused on the marketplace instead of the home. While men have become very competent businessmen, many have made terrible fathers. With two-income families the norm, not the exception, children do not receive the character training and role modeling they need.

It is critical that PCCC Men’s Ministry focus on the development of fathering. This, as much as any other issue, requires immediate attention and part of the core philosophy of our ministry. To achieve this vision for the PCCC Men’s Ministry, it is vitally important that pastors and lay leaders pursue ministry to their men in a new and fresh way.

We have identified five building blocks that will contribute to the accomplishment of this goal:

1. Men's ministry must be seen from a spiritual perspective. It must be bathed in prayer. It must be considered as much a part of the work of the Holy Spirit as any other area of ministry.

2. The second building block must be a balanced emphasis on being versus doing. In other words, emphasis on what a man becomes versus what he does.

3. There must be gender-specificity. There is a difference between how one ministers to men versus how one ministers to women. Activities targeted at men must be tailored for men. There must be a goal orientation to these activities and ministries with a clear sense of achievement evident at their conclusion.


4. The fourth building block is intentionality. This simply means that the outcome must be decided upon up front with a clear vision of what the major purpose is.


5. There must be pastoral involvement. This building block calls for pastors to become involved with their men, supporting ministry to their men, and setting the example for their men.