{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Spiritual Fathers","title":"Todd McIntyre - A Guide to Men’s Ministry, Ep #6","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2872,"description":"How can we educate and equip men with the mature Christian faith to engage and develop a spiritual life with younger men in today’s culture? Why are men’s ministries failing? How do we create mentorship between older and younger dads, in different seasons of their spiritual lives?Since 2010, Todd has been leading a discipleship movement of men, first in Southlake, Texas and now in Atlanta, Georgia. As part of the Executive team at Victory Church in Atlanta, Todd oversees discipleship for all ministries across four campuses. In this conversation, Todd and I explore why churches struggle with their men’s ministries programs, how we can navigate the crisis young men are having with their role in the church, and what a mature Christian mentorship looks like. We also discuss advice on how to live out our spiritual fitness to help guide other men in the church to live out theirs.You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in...Todd’s story about getting into a men’s ministry role [1:30]The spiritual crisis with young men in the church today [5:10]The millennials’ question: \"Does the Christian lifestyle work?” [9:47]The healing journey a man needs to take for spiritual fitness [13:20]How to say “no” to and dominate temptations of the flesh [16:20]Todd’s advice for young dads raising a family [27:50]Barriers spiritual fathers run into while trying to mentor other men [32:10]Best spiritual advice Todd has been given [39:50]Todd’s book recommendations and his own book in the works [41:40]The Struggle Churches have with men's ministryWhen Todd was offered a job as a men's ministry leader, he had research to do. He discovered many churches were giving up on men’s ministry programs because men were not interested in the functions. He decided he wanted to find a way to get men involved in a leadership role in every area of the church. The missing discipleship of men spiritually leading men needed to be reintegrated back into the church.The Crisis young men have in...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/VNg9Z4niDzTOsevuK_iUm439KFuaguRDMWc8q6WRQds/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84OWMw/ZmU0MDc2MTU0YzI2/ZWRkZjQ2Zjg4Yzg1/N2JkZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}