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Relationships Take Work | Project Generosity Kicks Off | Calendar | Leader Profile | Man Code | White List? | New Father Survey | New Feature: Dear Pam | Small Group Study | Rate MIM | Pray With Us
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Project: Generosity Kicks Off!
What Would Happen if Everyone in Your Church Read This Book?
Their attitudes toward giving would change. Their relationship with God would change. Your church would change!
Man in the Mirror is excited to announce our partnership with Generous Giving and National Christian Foundation to offer The Treasure Principle in our Books for About $1 program. See more about these great organizations below.
"The Treasure Principle will change your life! This book is destined to be a classic. " -Howard Dayton, Co-CEO, Crown Financial.
"I enthusiastically endorse The Treasure Principle. I hope millions will read it." -Ronald W. Blue, Founder and CEO, Ronald Blue & Company.
Click here to order The Treasure Principle-48 books for $55 plus shipping. |
Fathers Care
Fatherhood Involvement Increases
Fathers have increased their involvement in their children's lives over the past decade, according to a new survey by the National Center for Fathering. The survey compares fathers' involvement in their children's education with a similar survey conducted in 1999.
Overwhelmingly, the survey shows a positive trend among fathers. Dads are more involved in every area examined by the survey. The greatest increases in father involvement came in "walking or taking your child to school," "attending class events," and "helping your child with extracurricular activities."
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Relationships Can't Be Microwaved
You Gotta Work At It!
According to the most recent Barna Survey 74% of Americans desire to have close personal friendships. In the July/August issue of Equipping the Man in the Mirror, H. William Green states, "Relationships can not be microwaved. They take work!" He sees five marks of authentic Christian Community:
-Self Revelation (to know and be known) -Care giving (to love and be loved)
-Humility (to serve and be served)
-Truth telling (to admonish and be admonished)
-Celebrations (to celebrate and be celebrated)
Tighten your relational springs with Equipping the Man in the Mirror, the men's magazine and devotional from your friends at Man in the Mirror. |
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About Generous Giving
Experience the Joy
Generous Giving is a privately funded ministry that seeks to encourage givers of all income levels to experience the joy of giving and embrace a lifestyle of generosity, according to God's word and Christ's example. Generous Giving's message proclaims the joy of giving-not out of duty or guilt, but out of gratitude for salvation in Christ. Their mission is to motivate followers of Jesus  Christ toward greater biblical generosity. Their vision is the hearts and minds of God's people transformed for revolutionary generosity. Visit GenerousGiving.org to learn more.
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| Look for the green boxes with interesting facts about giving. All statistics cited can be found at generousgiving.org. |
| Decline in Giving: Church members gave $2.8 million less to their churches in 2004 than in 2003. |
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Man Code
Keyword: Man Code
"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point."
-- C. S. Lewis
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| 5.9%: The increase in the total amount of money given to religious organizations in 2005. It is likely that giving increased during this time because of the efforts of the church to raise money after the Asian tsunami, the Gulf Coast hurricanes, and the Pakistani earthquake. |
| Resources from disciplemen.com
Making Life Rich Without Any Money
 "At the age of 14," writes Phil, "I still hadn't smelled the inside of a new car, savored a Big Mac, or slipped on a new pair of jeans. But I had a backyard to run in, friends to play with, parents who loved me, and a rock-solid belief that God loved me too." With gentle wit and wisdom, Callaway shares the five characteristics of truly rich people.
CROWN Financial Ministries equips people worldwide to learn, apply, and teach God's financial principles so they may know Christ more intimately, be free to serve Him, and help fund the Great Commission.
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| Then and Now: Giving by North American churchgoers was higher during the Great Depression (3.3 percent of per capita income in 1933) than it was after a half-century of unprecedented prosperity (2.5 percent in 2004). |
Great Study Tool for Small Groups
Devotional Studies
Order EQMIM this year for your Sunday School or Small Group! Read through the Bible together in a year, go through the daily devotionals or use our discussion questions for your weekly meetings. Call to order an 8 pack, 20 pack or even 48 for the men in your church or click here.
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9% of American "born-again" adults tithed in 2004. This means that the vast majority of God's people are not financially supporting his work. |
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About The National Christian Foundation
Smart Christian Giving
Smart Christian Giving Since 1982. That's the simple concept behind The National Christian Foundation (NCF). Founded in 1982 by Larry Burkett, Ron Blue, and Terry Parker, our mission is to enable faithful stewards to give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The vision for The National Christian Foundation and its Affiliates envision being an increasingly integral part of funding the completion of the Great Commission, seeing an annual grant level of $1 billion beginning in 2015. Learn more about The National Christian Foundation on their website. 
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| $691.93: The average amount of Sunday Offerings given by a full or confirmed member of a U.S. Christian church in 2004. This comes to an average of $13.31 per week. |
| Disciplemen.com
Leader Profile: Sam Mehaffie
location: Oak Grove, MO
denominational affiliation: Assemblies of God
ministry expertise: Conference speaker, youth speaker, training men to be godly mentors and fathers. Can also speak on discipleship, leadership topics.
ministry experience: Mentoring at risk boys and young men for over 25 years. Former youth pastor and teen challenge board member.
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73% of all Protestants donated money to churches. Evangelicals led the way with 88% making contributions. |
"Dear Pam"
Advice for Your MIM Church Event
We have a men's event coming up and we're struggling to get men to sign up. Do you have any suggestions that might help us?
-Wondering in CA
Dear Wondering,
This may sound simple, but if you want men to come, you have to ask them! Make sure each man in your church receives a personal invitation. Go through your church directory and have your leaders each call 5 men a day to personally invite them. Next, make your promotions FUN!! Put a toolbox or something "manly" on your registration table to create interest. Have leaders wearing hard hats, standing at every entrance and shaking hands with each guy as they hand them a flier and encourage them to attend. Do a drawing for a Home Depot card or a round of golf for the men who register on a particular Sunday or by a particular date. Let me know how it goes!
Pam
Over the last 10 years, Pam Adkins has helped churches conduct over 1,000 events for men. We think this makes her the single most experienced men's event specialist in the world! Pam uses questions she has been asked to write this column. All identifying information has been changed to protect the clueless. To use a men's event to get your men into long-term discipleship or to ask a question for this column, email pamadkins@maninthemirror.org.
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90 cents of every dollar donated among Evangelicals goes to their churches. The proportion drops, however, as people's spiritual intensity and commitment to Christ decline.
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| 33% of U.S. born-again Christians say it is impossible for them to get ahead in life because of the financial debt they have incurred. |
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