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The best Father's Day weekend...........

As I mentioned previously, it was so wonderful to have Betty with me in South America, Bogota, Columbia and Lima, Peru. The last 13 years that I have traveled to South America, into Argentina, Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuelala, Columbia, etc. Betty has only been able to go with me twice. Outside of the Holy Spirit, my family is my greatest asset as I travel and minister. Everyone knows about them when I leave their country. So to have Betty with me and for the people to love on her so much is thrilling to me. She fell in love with the people who have loved and ministered to me all these years.

So as we celebrated our 41 years of marriage( we were thinking, this is really a long time) we thank God for those He has brought into our life and befriended us, loved us and ministered to us.

Father's Day weekend was a whirlwind tour into Harlingen, TX Friday and Saturday for a Rio Grande Valley Men's conference with Pastor Jaime Loya at Valley International Christian Center and other churches. Then Saturday afternoon Houston for Father's Day with Pastor Al Cortez and Family Life Assembly of God, Katy, TX. Pastor Al said after wards that the people had no idea there would be a "sneak attack" by God. They were blindsided by God's presence with the love and heart of the Father.

Then the "ice cream " on the cake was commissioning with Pastor G.F. Watkins, Powerhouse Christian Center, Katy, TX. There is absolutely nothing like men being commissioned to begin the fulfillment of the "Great Commission,"  to go "make disciples."

 On Monday morning we drove out to "Jordan Ranch," a Four Star lodge in Schulenburg, TX. I've never been so inspired about something God is wanting to do in pastors and ministry leaders lives as I am now with Jordan Ranch. Go to www.jordanranch.org to get the vision and purpose.

I want to share a few things and few pictures so you can catch the vision and be a part of impacting lives in a deeper way.

(This picturenis a majestic view of the entrance into country elegance as you enter the foyer of the main lodge.)

What Betty & I saw as Pastor GF's dad, Gayle Watkins, gave us the tour, was pastor and ministry  couples being refreshed, rested and resurrected in the Lord in a place of peace and full country beauty in the southern hill country just south of Austin. It is actually at the base of a triangle of 3 major cities, just a mile off Interstate 10, between Houston and San Antonio. They will have Encounters with God for pastors and wives, couples, men, women and youth encounters. They even have a wedding scheduled for next year and booked the entire lodge for a weekend celebration( no alcohol either, how about a wedding with no one drunk)

This picture is standing on the veranda of the main lodge looking at one of two sleeping lodges, with access out of each room outside to the pool and great country view. Also each room has it's own central A/C which means no noisy unit in your room like a typical hotel, this is better than a Marriott.

The amenities are incredible but it's the spirit of God that's present that makes this truly a refuge of peace in God's creation.

I plan on having Faithful Men encounters for men and for  Pastors & wives. Once the word gets out to the local churches you will have to book this a year in advance. Probably 10,000 churches within 125 miles.

 Betty and I and Faithful Men Ministries believe in and are investing in this for what it will do for so many of God's sons & daughters that need refreshing and rest in the Lord.

I am believing God for $250,000 in the next 30 days to help complete Jordan Ranch. That's 250 churches or individuals to give $1000 each, that's only $85 a month.

Would you go to www.jordanranch.org and become a part of a vision and dream come true this summer. Not two years from now, but within the next 60 days.

Then be one of the first to book your getaway conference to have a Jordan experience for your men, women or youth. 

One other thing, there is always a nice breeze on this hilltop lodge setting. Now that's a God thing for Texas.

Thanks for dropping by and sharing in the ministry to disciple 10 million men in 10 years, one man at a time.

In His service,

Jack & Betty King

It's Father's Day weekend......

Bogota, Columbia ministry was about the Father's Affirmation. So many men wept at the altar as they received the Father's Blessing and a fathers hug as they were told, "Eres un buen hijo,"(You are a good son) Thank you Father. God opened so many new doors for next February, 2010. Come join us.

 Lima Peru, with Pastor Guillermo Aguayo, Casa del Padre(House of the Father) was a powerful time of teaching and ministry to over 250 men from his church. Pastor Joaquin Molina, from Miami, Spring of Life church ministered with me for two days then we ministered at their two Sunday services. Men are hungry for truth in Peru and God is changing their hearts through the word.

   I have a full, busy Father's Day weekend schedule.

   Ministry begins Friday & Saturday, June 19,20..Harlingen, TX. Valley International Christian Center, Pastor Jaime Loya.

   Sunday morning Father's Day service, Family Life Assembly of God, Katy, TX, Pastor Al Cortez. This is Sam & Lynn Pearson's church. Many of you will remember him as one of Dr Coles armor bearers.

     Sunday night Men's Commissioning, Powerhouse Christian Center, Katy, TX Pastor GF Watkins. Looking forward to seeing Jordan's Ranch, a Five Star lodge for ministry and encounters, especially for pastors & their wives. Grand Opening is Sept 5, you need to see this to believe it. Excellant & majestic!

   Join us in praying for the men and all the fathers this weekend, all over the world.

Mexican fix

We are back from Bogota & Lima & couldn't wait to get to LaHacienda our favorite TexMex in Colleyville Tx. Pastor Beltran took us to their favorite texmex restaurant in Bogota, it was named "Houstons" and was surprisingly good. But lije your own bed , there's nothing like your favorite restaurant. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

It's been a busy month........

    I am trying to learn how to enter shorter blogs for the website like I do on Facebook and Twitter. But in the meantime, wanting to update you on the ministry. We are reducing our warehouse space and giving up 2500 sq ft but will save us close to $12,000 in the next 12 months.

    God is so faithful as we have ministered his heart and love for His sons. It was powerful in the prisons and in each city I have ministered.

    From Jacksonville Florida to Springtown, TX to Gaithersburg, MD. God wants his sons to be discipled.

   I just spoke to Ken in Seymore Tenn and he is having such incredible results ministering the men's curriculum that a Judge in Knoxville has ordered men who are probation to attend Ken's men's classes as part of their rehab and probation. Praise the Lord! Way to go Ken.

   I ask your prayers for Betty and myself as we leave for Bogota, Columbia and Lima Peru this weekend for 8 days of ministering to men & women.

Thanks for stopping by.

In His service,

Jack

"In my Father's house are many rooms(mansions)......."John 14:2

     Jesus is telling the disciples that the Father is preparing a mansion for us, making room for us. Meaning the heart of a father always makes room for you. It's one of the attributes of the heart of the Father. When you make room or take time for someone else, you are imparting the heart of the Father to them. And you don't have to be a biological father to have the heart of the Father.

     I had the honor of serving  Edwin Louis Cole for 15 years as associate minister, working with churches all over the world helping them set up their men's ministry and implement discipling of their men through the Majoring in Men Curriculum. I was able to witness thousands of men relate to Edwin Cole as their 'spiritual father" yet they had not spent a lot of time with him. But one thing he always did was make room for them and take time for them, no matter how full his schedule. That's the heart of the Father. Edwin Cole had the heart of the Father.  

     There are many more attributes of the heart of the Father,  such as when the prodigal son came home. When the father saw him from afar,  the father ran to him. That's what fathers do when sons return home, run to them. There is a younger generation of sons that are crying out for fathers to come running to them. Once again, I can't count the times that Ed Cole ran to sons in their time of need.  Ed Cole went home to be with his heavenly Father on August 27, 2002. All those "spiritual sons" had a choice to make. Stay a son or become a father to other men and young men. When fathers die, sons must become fathers. "Build men, Raise sons," that was Ed Cole's declaration to men around the world.

   The last 7 years since we started Faithful Men Ministries I have had to grow from being a spiritual son to becoming a spiritual father. With the current divorce rate of 50% inside and outside the church we are raising a fatherless generation. Fatherless men, it's been true in nearly every meeting and in every country we have ministered. Not many father's bless or affirm their sons or daughters. Even in the homes where there is a father, most are video daddy's. 

 It was with a heavy heart that I had the opportunity to  minister to the men in prison, knowing that most of them didn't know their father and if they did, most hated him and may have been the reason they ended up in prison, (statistics available to confirm this).

  This last weekend I had the privilege of teaming with Forgiven Ministries(Scottie & Jack Barnes) and Jim Williams, (Blue Ridge ministries) and Great Dad's seminars at the JW Hamilton prison at Bryan, TX. Along with 100 volunteers from churches across Texas, they brought the children of the inmates that qualified for a day with their dad.

  I knew one thing for sure. No matter what they had done to be incarcerated, they must know they have a Father in heaven that loves them and He never quit loving them. The seminar began Friday morning with the inmates, with Jim Williams teaching the six principles of becoming a Great Dad. Two scriptures they use, Malachi 4:6, "And He shall turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the heart of the children to their fathers.......". And what we know as the Fathers Affirmation, Matthew 3:17, "And a voice from heaven appeared and said, this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." My part Friday was ministering on forgiveness. We gave each inmate the "Murder for Hire" book about finding my father murdered. Needless to say, we had their attention. Can I tell you that when we gave the call for first time salvation's and/or prodigal sons that needed to come home, they all raised their hands, 5 were first time salivations, PTL!

One man came to me after the session and said, :"how can I give a fathers blessing to my children tomorrow if I never got it." I told him we would do that first thing in the morning before the children arrived. It was so powerful as Jim Williams and I affirmed each man, told him, "You're a good son. Your Father in heaven loves you, He will never leave you or forsake you. He is well pleased with you as you rise up in your son-ship today." They cried, they sobbed but each received the same impartation to fulfill the will of God for their lives. Many men did not want to let go as we hugged, affirmed and blessed them. Here's what we taught them Saturday morning. In Matthew 3:17, what God the Father did with Jesus His Son was affirm him, anoint him and prepare him for his ministry. He was about to go into the wilderness for 40 days of temptation. God the Father said, " This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased."Well pleased? Jesus had not walked on water, healed the sick, raised the dead or opened blind eyes.The pattern and principle demonstrated here for us as fathers and parents is this. You don't wait until your children do something spectacular to give them attention or let them know you are proud of them. We as fathers are so bad about giving our children attention when they do something spectacular. They score a winning point or make a perfect speech or play a great recital with their musical instrument. Who is the first one to jump up in the audience and clap the loudest or shout, "that's my boy or that's my girl." Well that's what God the Father was doing when He said, "this is my beloved Son." He was saying , "that's my boy and I'm proud of Him." But God was letting Jesus know He was loved no matter how many things he did good. When we as parents give out children attention when they are real good or real bad then they can begin to think that when they do good we love them more and when they do bad we love them less. You and I know that is not the truth. Our love for them doesn't change by what they do, just like Gods love does not change. He doesn't love us less when we do bad and He doesn't love us more when we do good. His love is the same yesterday, today and forever. That's why we as fathers and mothers must affirm our children constantly and consistently, not just give them lots of attention when they are good or bad. Your affirmation prepares, anoints and affirms your son or daughter to fulfill the will of God for their lives. It prepares them for their journey into adulthood, it passes on the anointing necessary for them to withstand the temptations of this world and it affirms them in their ministry.

  Now they could each impart from their heart to their children when the time came. And it came at the end of the day as the children were ending their day with their dads. I had the oldest son or daughter face their dad and let him affirm and bless them. It was the most powerful thing I have ever seen as they wept in each others arms. When the fathers were done I had the children look at their dads and affirm and bless them as a good father and a great dad. There was not a dry eye in the room. They all went out into the open yard of the prison and formed a circle. Each had a helium filled balloon. Scotty Barnes(Forgiven Ministries) said " If God has turned your heart toward your children and if God has turned your heart toward your father, then release your balloon to heaven as a sign acknowledging the power of God's love.

It was a sight that's difficult to describe. Balloons rising in a circle then becoming a close group of balloons as they rose above the barbed wired prison walls towards heaven.

We couldn't take pictures but I believe God has painted a picture in your heart as you read these words. Glory be to God!

Will you help us? We want to put a set of Majoring in Men Curriculum and my two books, "Murder for Hire and The Unnatural Act of Forgiveness" in 2500 prisons this year. Plant a seed, $150 for 18 Curriculum books plus my two books. It will allow you to be a vital part of "turning the hearts of the fathers to their children."

May God continue to richly bless you as we further the cause of Christ in men's lives together.

Thanks for dropping by,

Jack

It's just too much fun..........

     Those were the words from Mike & Dawn Kludt as we pulled out of the Arizona State Prison Sunday night at 9:30pm. Three nights of Holy Ghost power through the word of God being drawn from the men's heart. I have said this several times and it's always after I have had the opportunity to minister to men in prison. There seems to be a greater presence of God in these men and these meetings than any church meeting I attend. The men worship God with a freedom I don't see too often in the church on the outside. No one is standing there with their hands in their pockets barely whispering the words on the screen. They are praising God at the top of their lungs, dancing, bowing and excited about their God! The song we started with Friday night and ended with Sunday night was "Can't Stop Praising His name," and they couldn't stop, serious. The more they sang those words the more they couldn't stop praising His name. Oh I pray this will be contagious and stay with them as they enter the churches on the outside.

     I am reminded Matthew 25:34,35, "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave me meat, I was thirsty and you gave me drink: I was a stranger and you took me in: naked and you clothed me: I was sick and you visited me: I was in prison and you came to me."

     I thank God for prison ministries, especially the ones God has brought across our path. I remember the first time Doug Rood began to teach Maximized Manhood in the Overton unit in East Texas. He told me for the first time in his life he felt fulfilled and invited me to come minister to the men. When I went the first time, I was overwhelmed by the hunger of the men for the word of God. After-wards as I sat in my car, I wept from the overwhelming presence of God. I had been in meetings all over the world and never sensed God's presence as I did that night. I asked God, "what is it God, why is your presence so strong?" He simply answered, "because they are desperate and broken." I cried out to God for that same brokenness & desperation. It has been that same way every time, in every prison no matter what country or city. I believe it's absolutely essential for this ministry to get into every prison in America and every country around the world. They must hear the truth that "Manhood & Christ likeness are synonymous.

 We commissioned 15 men Friday night and had commissioned 37 in December, 2007. 52 commissioned men being released back into society equipped with a revelation of Christ like manhood they had never known.

     Just a side note, we had the opportunity Saturday to be on the FM Christian radio show in Lake Havasu, AZ with Dr Bob Green of First Baptist and we had a blast with all the truths many had never heard. Then on Sunday morning, Tommy Thomas, interim pastor of Golden Valley Baptist invited me to speak at their two morning services and to their men between the services. I ministered on 'The Unnatural act of Forgiveness' to the congregation and the response was incredible to the power of forgiveness the way God forgives, many forgave and were set free. The men responded in the same manner in the men's meeting, wanting to accept responsibility for their actions. Many men expressed their failure in their role as spiritual leaders in the home and said, "I can't give something I never had." They are interested in the Majoring in Men curriculum.

   Saturday night at the prison, I read Romans 8:19, "all of creation is groaning, waiting for us to rise up in our son ship. Then I began to minister on the Father's Affirmation and the Father's blessing from Matthew 3:17, "this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." It was God the Father affirming Jesus, His son, imparting the anointing necessary for him to carry out the will of the Father. A Fathers blessing, telling him and all to hear that God loved him, he was his son and was well pleased with him. Interesting that God the Father was telling his son he was well pleased with him, yet Jesus had not healed the sick, open blind eyes, walked on water or raised the dead. Yet the Father was telling the Son to affirm, anoint and equip him for ministry and fulfill the will of the Father. Much like what the Jewish culture does with young men and young women entering puberty and necessary to begin their journey into adulthood, to fulfill the will of God for their lives.

I read 1 Corinthians 4:15, "though you have 10,000 instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers...."

  I stopped, looked at the 125 men and asked how many had never had a Father's blessing or affirmation. Almost every man raised his hand. I had Chaplain Wayne Bayse & Mike Kludt(a commissioned man & the man responsible for starting the Majoring in Men Curriculum at the prison) to join me. The men came forward one by one for their fathers blessing, affirmation and a fathers hug.

   It's amazing when you look eye to eye with a man or young man, no matter what his age and affirm him that, God loves him and there is nothing he has done or ever will do that will change Gods love for him. God is well pleased with him because because he is rising up in his sonship and the most important thing is: he's a good son. As each of us put our arms around each man and gave him a fathers affirmation, blessed him and gave him a fathers hug, each one wept and didn't want to let go.

It's what all men need. They cry out for approval, acceptance, affirmation, a pat on the back or a 'good job son'.

 If they don't get it from their father at a young age, they will stand at an altar in prison and cry out for it. Every young man that doesn't get his fathers blessing may not end up in prison but about every man in prison grew up without a fathers blessing. It's hard to give something you don't have. We want every one of these men who have children to be able to give the fathers blessing.

Help us get this ministry & Majoring in Men Curriculum into 2500 prisons in 2009. It's only $150 for all nine books, workbooks plus my two books, "Murder for Hire & The Unnatural Act of Forgiveness."

We will be doing "Great Dads" seminars this year with Forgiven Ministries, headquarters inTaylorsvilles, NC. They bring in the children to spend the day with their dads in prison with games, clowns and crafts with their dads. I will be teaching forgiveness from my books and giving them the books.

You can be a part of seeing "the hearts of the fathers turn to the children and the hearts of children turn to their fathers." Malachi 4:6. 

Then you too can say, "This is just too much fun." Sounds like the heart of a father.

Thank you for your friendship and your prayers and financial support.

In His service,

Jack

This is for Russell and other Faithful Men.........

It's been a month since I blogged but don't think there hasn't been anything going on in the ministry. As you know I now have 9 grand children. When I travel to minister it's normally from Thursday to Sunday or Monday, which gives me a couple of days before I leave again for ministry. When I land at DFW International airport I'm usually thinking about how long it's been since I saw or was with my different grandchildren. One of my daughters once said to me, "Dad, I think you miss your grand kids more than your kids." I responded, "The grand kids still come running to me when I come back in from traveling." She quickly responded, " Well, you bring them stuff!" I said, "Ohhhhhh, okay, if I start bringing you stuff, will you start running to me again?" She said, "No, but you can start bringing me stuff again."

I guess my point in rambling on about my grand kids is related to how much my grand dad impacted me. I was named after my grandfather on my mother's side, Charles W. "Toby" Young. My middle name is Charles. I remember as an 8 year old, following my Grandpa Toby around everywhere. He was funny and I loved being with him. He would be picking strawberries and dropping them in his metal pail. Of course I would eat them as fast as he picked them. Then he would act flabbergasted at his bucket being empty and ask me if I knew where they "disappeared to." Of course my response with red lips was, "I dunno." It's those fun times that  never leave your memory as a child.

I want everyone of my grand children to each have special memories of their Papa when they grow up. Whatever time I have left on this earth, it's not my #1 priority to minister to men every waking moment. But to make sure my grand children know how much God loves them and how much their Mana & Papa love them. Their parents are doing incredible in teaching & training them to love the Lord with all their heart, soul & mind and to love their neighbors as themselves.

I believe our responsibility as grand parents is to give them hope and encouragement for when they have grand children, they will have rich and fond memories to pass on from us.

I will write of what God is doing in the ministry during the last 3-4 weeks. But in the meantime, when you don't see a new blog, at least you know where I am and what I am doing.

Either I am with my grand children or with my sons or son in laws, playing golf. And many of you know first hand, how much I need to practice my golf game, including you Russell.

Besides, my doctor told me I needed more greens. :)

Thanks for your friendship, partnership and prayers.

Three Cowboys,

Papa Jack, Taylor King & Grayson Jack King

7th Year begins this month & 9th Grandchild !

On February 1, 2003 Faithful Men Ministries began. We just completed our 6th year and it seems like yesterday that I asked God what he wanted me to do after serving Edwin Louis Cole for 15 years. It was very clear to me that I was to continue to do what I had been doing for so long. So I wrote this, "I am called along the side of pastors to help them fulfill the vision and dream God has given them and they can't do it without their men and without strong men."

I guess I could write a book about what God has done and the places he has allowed us to minister to men. Now that I think about it, the blogs I have written since August of 2006 is a monthly chapter of the book about the faithfulness of God.

I feel for 2009 that God is speaking specifically about

First, keep a pure heart and clean hands. Second, stay focused on what the ministry is called to do. Third, walk in the revelation that He directs our steps and nurture the relationships He brings this year and last but not least, wait on him for the places he wants me to go.

 One of the doors God has continually opened and kept open is into the prisons. Those men love the ministry and Dr. Cole's material. As you know from our blogs, we have several prisons that the men study the Majoring in Men curriculum and have commissioned men in Kingman, AZ at Arizona State Prison through Mike Kludt.

A prison ministry founded by Mrs ScottieBarnes, Forgiven Ministry, Taylorsville, NC has been in contact with us. They are wanting to use our new book, "Unnatural Act of Forgiveness" & "Murder For Hire" in their weekend seminars with men and women in prison. They do weekend camps where the families of inmates come for the weekend. It is an incredible time for them, especially when they minister forgiveness. I encourage you to peruse their website, www.forgivenministry.orgThey have several great programs for men and women inmates including day camps with their families and seminars on forgiveness. I am looking forward to being a part of their seminars in 2009.

 

I have to interrupt this blog to bring you an important announcement for 2009.

 

Zac and Krista King are the proud parents and Taylor Mathew King the proud big brother of Grayson Jack King, born today, February 4, 2009 at 10:17am, 7 lbs, 9 oz, 20 inches long. Mother and baby are doing great, Daddy and 'big brother' are beaming.

 

 Papa Jack and Mana Betty are praising God for #9, Hallelujah for 9.Grayson King 8.Taylor King 7.Eli Childress  6. Evan Childress  5. Emma Childress 4. Ethan Childress  3. Kaitlin Murray  2. Hannah Murray  1. Jocelyn Murray(15 yrs old, wow)

 

 Amber & Jonathan Price,married 2 years, have not added to our numbers YET.

 

 Chad is not married nor anywhere close to getting married. 

 

It just became more difficult to go out and eat with all our family now. We have

 

to ask for a table for 21, hmmmmm, that's bigger than a lot of church's I know.

 

We are blessed and highly favored of the Lord!

 

And now more pictures of Grayson Jack King & Papa Jack King.

It may look like Valentines Red but it's really Boomer Sooner Red!

Taylor securely holding "little bubba."

My sister was murdered in December.............

There's no pictures for this blog.

Just potent words from a woman who was given our book, 'Murder for Hire" by a customer in her restaurant who notice the pain, anger & hate that stood out in her demeanor.

As she waited on him, he asked her what was wrong. She said my sister was murdered last month and her house sat on fire to cover up the murder. But not to worry because they knew who did it and the police were pursuing him but they were not going to wait on the police. "We are going to get him ourselves." The customer said, "wait a minute, don't do that. I know a man that went through the exact same thing and wrote a book abut his experience." He gave her the book right before Christmas and here is the letter I received in the mail last Tuesday, January 6th.

Dear Sir,

I have never been able to read a book because I can't read or spell very good so I just never read books at all. A customer in my store gave me your book, "Murder For Hire." I thought I would try to read it since it made me curious. I could not believe how easy it was to read and understand every word. I could not put it down and read it in one night. I want to say, thank you Jack for writing your testimony. I want to tell you how horrible it was to pull up to my sisters house and they had her laying in the driveway with a tarp over her. We were all full of rage and knew we had to get the guy that did it. I'm ashamed to say how big a mess my sister's funeral was. First of all, the CD skipped all the way through my sisters favorite songs. The man we know did it, came in late stood in the back of the church with his arms folded and refused to leave when I asked him. My oldest brother and my brother-in-law attacked him, beat him up and threw him out of the church, it was crazy.

But now with the help of your book I want to forgive him and somehow pray for him.  Please pray for my sisters three children (10,13,16) and our mother. My heart hurts so bad for them all the time."

This woman's story and this letter is why we do what we do in the ministry. This is what it's all about.

Thank God for Glen Hyde who handed her the book. 

Thank God for the Holy Spirit that enabled her for the first time to read a book and read it all the way through.  and totally understand every word.

I have written her back and sent her my other book, "The Unnatural Act of Forgiveness." I told her this book will help her and her family walk this path of forgiveness they have have chosen.

Thank you for giving to the ministry, it allows us to bless people with these books.  When you buy books and God brings someone hurting, full of hate, anger and unforgiveness, you can minister to them and give them a book, even if they can't read!

Would you prayerfully consider an extra gift this month or going to our shopping cart and ordering some to keep in your car for such a moment as this woman's life that needs to know of God's love and forgiveness.

Thanks for being such a big part of Faithful Men Ministries.

In His service,

Jack

The Greatest Honor and the Greatest Gift..............

  I have had the privilege of commissioning men all over the world, but there is nothing I have enjoyed more than commissioning 37 young men, ten to sixteen years old last Saturday night at the "Men of Honor and Women of Honor Banquet with Tony & Melissa Rorie.

 I believe what Tony Rorie is doing in schools,church's and recreation centers across north Texas is finally the fruition of Edwin Cole's "Timothy Project." Discipling young men with the young men's curriculum.

 These young men not only learn and live the "Coleisms" but have brought a another level of maturity as young men to the place they live and learn daily in school. 

Yes they state the axiom that "Manhood and Christlikeness are synonymous." But they also declare that "I do right because it's the right thing to do." "If there is no man, I will be that man."

How refreshing is it to see young men run to a door to open it for a young lady. Or more refreshing is when they go through the rites of passage and ask God to help them walk a path of sexual pureness.

Yet the moment that brought tears to every man and woman's eyes Saturday night was when one young man(boy) ten years old, began to confess how rebellious he had been toward authority including his parents but God had touched and changed his heart. He wept as he shared what God had done and Tony stood there with his arms around him as only a man with the heart of the Father could do, until he regained his composure and finished testifying.  

There are full grown adult men that cant, don't and won't get in front of people to tell what God has done in their lives. Yet parents came to the microphone to thank Tony and Melissa for their ministry to their sons and daughters.

 The Men of Honor and Ladies of Honor is teaching and ministering the character and integrity of God that somehow has been lost to this younger generation.

 These are the types of ministries that need our support, financially and prayerfully.

Remember when you give to Faithful Men Ministries, you are not giving to Jack King, you are giving to a ministry that has hundreds of Tony Rorie's impacting thousands of young men and young ladies for Christ.

 During this season of celebration of the birth of our Lord and Saviour, don't forget the lives that need your financial support to be made disciples.

Consider increasing your gift this year. Many church's and ministries are suffering economic decrease in the support of their partners. We are grateful for partners that are faithful and generous, especially during this time. It is a great honor to serve the Lord with you in the ministry He has given us. It is a greater honor to share the greatest gift.......Jesus.

May this be the greatest time of the year for you and your family.

Merry Christmas,

Jack and Betty King