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Requirements for Men's Ministry

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

One of my roles is to organise the men’s ministry for our evening church. I have therefore been doing some thorough research from various blogs and podcasts and have compiled a list of requirements for men’s ministries:

  1. Be masculine. That is: be hypermasculine. Your men’s ministry must be the most manly, active, brutal experience the men in your church have ever faced.
  2. You must name your ministry with a hypermasculine name. Include words like ‘fight’, ‘club’, ‘war’ and ‘battle’. Do not use the words ‘ministry’, ‘care’, ‘group’ or ‘support’.
  3. Meat. Preferably raw meat. BBQ it, eat it.
  4. Paint ball, footy and cars are allowed. Books, singing and lettuce are not.
  5. The leader must shout. When giving a talk, it must be shouted.
  6. Ultimate Fighting is the sport of choice.

Let me know if you think I’ve missed anything.