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Frequently Asked Questions

How is your men's conference different from all the other ones I've been to?

To be honest, it's still a work in progress. We want a conference that had no trappings of a church event. Real, honest, vulnerable, no holds barred. We especially want men who don't regularly attend church to feel connected to believers in a way they haven't been before. The event's "earthy" approach is exactly what seemed to appeal to the participants at the first conference. In addition, we have added a ceremony welcoming men into an adventure of daily moments of courage and commitment.

We are willing to take the risk that what we are doing is necessary to bring men back to the church in a real and vital way. If it all crashes and burns at least we will have the satisfaction of knowing that we tried to do something so iconoclastic and unorthodox that we believed God would meet us there. Not the God of Sunday School and sweet worship songs, but the God of fire, creation and awe. The God who drives even the hardest man to his knees when he finally realizes the God of all things calls him son.

Is this similar to Promise Keepers?

Promise Keepers is an important organization that has helped thousands of men. We support our brothers in that movement. We believe Promise Keepers ministry is crucial to reaching men in the unique way that only THEY can accomplish. Godmen is not trying to compete with PK but instead we are attempting to add some unique elements of our own to men's ministry in order to accomplish the vision we believe God set before us.

What does GodMen mean?

As much as we would like to say that the name is in reference to how perfect we are, it is actually a name used to describe men from many different backgrounds who are on a journey seeking God and trying to fulfill His will in their lives. God is the only one who gives meaning to life and so we as GodMen are committed to assisting each other in seeking Him as well as we can.

Men need different ways to access, explore, and follow God than women do, a fact today's church is now beginning to recognize. We are uniquely male and so some of the ways that we relate to each other and consequently to God are foreign to women. So we wanted to create an appropriate environment and theme where men could honestly and transparently share their struggles and failures amongst like-minded guys who will support them without judgment and without holding them to feminine standards.

We believe Jesus was in fact THE God Man: fully God and fully human simultaneously. He told us to emulate him, knowing that in our sinful and fallen condition we will never do so perfectly. Not to mention... we thought the name sounded cool.

Do you believe that men are superior to women?

Believe it or not women have nothing to do with this movement. No human being is intrinsically superior to any other. God loves us all equally and completely. We are just allowing men to be unapologetically ...MEN!, true to their God-created nature.

We have a society where men are often demeaned for the sake of a joke. When boys or men behave consistent to their male nature, our society has a knee-jerk reaction and says men must tone it down. Lower their voice. Put on a helmet. Take Ritalin. In GodMen NONE of our maleness is toned down because we believe, as the Bible states, that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. It's a privilege many men never experience.

We also recognize that we live in a fallen world where our maleness gets out of control and is out of synch with God's perfect design. We challenge and encourage men to transform these areas of their lives. But this instruction is most effective when it is done by men for men.

Our experience has been that most women want their men to become more assertive, proactive, protective and loving since GodMen are truly good men. Any man coming to this experience believing it is going to give him permission to control or not be accountable to his wife is in for a rude awakening. GodMen see their wives as gifts from God and treat them accordingly.

Why do you have a 15-year-old age restriction?

The GodMen experience is designed for adult Christian men and addresses very mature subject matter, including that concerning our sexuality. This is discussed in frank, open terms and is not appropriate for those under age 15.

Again, this is not a church service where all topics must be proper and comfortable. We've created an environment where anything, any subject, any issue can be freely explored without hesitation. Such openness would be impossible without gender and age restrictions.