Spring Summer 2001 Newsletter

Note from the President
Promise Keepers
Small Groups
Prayer Ministry
Prayer Strategy
Schools of Evangelism
Craftsmen for Christ

Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus. We are excited about what God is doing in and through MEN'S MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL. We are witnessing God's grace and power at work around the world.

*MMI is sponsoring evangelists in Europe, Africa and Asia.

*MMI is conducting Schools of Evangelism throughout the USA

*MMI is sending a container of educational materials to Africa.

*MMI is remodeling churches, schools and camps through Craftsmen for Christ.

*MMI is discipling men and women for evangelism and service throughout the Free Methodist denomination


I recently returned from Cambodia where I met with Free Methodist pastors and lay people. They are preparing to launch a Men's Ministry in several of the Cambodian Churches. Please remember them in your prayers. Rev. Lucian Behar will be traveling to Cambodia in August to bless and encourage our newest MMI Ministry.

In this issue of our newsletter we are highlighting the Schools of Evangelism and Craftsmen for Christ. We have added three new support ministries to MMI: prayer, promotions and accountability. Check out our web page and drop us a line - we are here to serve you and the Free Methodist Church. May the Lord continue to bless you as you serve Him.

Grace and peace,

In Christ,
Reverend Jeffrey P. Johnson
Executive Director

Note from the President

"Thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him. For we are to God, the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing."

2 Cor 2:14-15 NIV

It is my dream that Revival in the church will come through Godly men, who have been "united in faith" through Men's Ministries International.That God will restore the men to their God-given roles as servant leaders in their home, as well as in their church and community. That Free Methodist men of character, who have been built up through our evangelism and discipleship efforts, will be willing to serve and support our Pastors in reaching the lost: developing men of integrity, and in building new and restoring needy churches across our denomination. That we, Free Methodist men will pick up the plow and resume the job set forth by those who came before us, beginning with John Wesley and B.T.Roberts, and continuing in the labors of Kingsley, Delamarter, Behar, and Kaufmann. Please pray for this vision.

MMI is a self-supporting ministry and depends totally on the willingness of those who are faithful in financially supporting us as we share Jesus, and minister to many peoples around the world.

Our annual partnership contribution is $25.00, our Share Partners give $15.00 monthly, and our President's Club members generally send gifts ranging from $250.00 to $1000.00 annually. Thank you and God bless you for helping us minister to needy men and their families.

Sincerely His servant,
Jim Stetler, MMI President

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2001 PROMISE KEEPERS Events and information

Go to www.promisekeepers.org or call 1-800-888-7595 - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Small Groups, Directed by Jim Stetler

Jim Stetler retired after 38 years in management with an electric utility company, served in the US Navy Reserve for 36 years, and has been serving as a Lay Minister for over 20 years. Jim has served in Men's Ministries International (and formerly LLMI) on the local, conference, and national levels, as well as serving as Part-time Field Representative for one year. Jim's passion is evangelism and discipleship and this spills over into Men's Ministries, as well. He is presently Director of Discipleship and Pastor of Visitation for his home church (Cornerstone Free Methodist Church in Akron, OH). Married 30 years, Jim has 5 children, 11 Grandchilden, and 7 great grandchildren. Jim shares his strategy for Small Groups from his unique perspective:

Strategy: "Throughout the past decade, PROMISE KEEPERS have proven that 'men need each other to build a closer relationship to Jesus.' From our beginning as Light & Life Men International, our goal has been to Win Men for Christ. Recently, the NATIONAL COALITION OF MEN'S MINISTRIES has been organized to 'do together, what we can't do alone.' In concert with our past, and in cooperation with the present, our future must include the building of men's accountability groups. FOR MORE INFORMATION on how you may start these groups in your church, CONTACT JIM STETLER..

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Prayer Ministry, Coordinated by Leon Brandli

Leon Brandli has a unique position with Men's Ministries International. He has been asked by the Board to help them in the Prayer Focus of the Board as well as helping men's groups be more aware of how they can better serve Christ and their church thru the ministry of prayer. Married 30 years, Leon has four children and one grandchild. A Vietnam veteran, he resides in Morrison, CO, where he is employed by the State of Colorado. He is a lay minister, CLC Chapel leader, and active in the Rocky Mountain Conference of the Free Methodist Church as their Prayer Coordinator. Leon's has been active in evangelism and prayer ministry in other evangelical movements such as Promise Keepers, Campus Crusades for Christ, and the National Day of Prayer as area representative. Leon shares his strategy for a prayer ministry.

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Prayer Strategy

1 TIMOTHY 2:8 I desire therefore that in every place, men should pray.

FIVE PRIORITIES to prayer focus

FIVE GOALS to prayer ministry

SPOT LIGHT ON MMI MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES !!

Schools of Evangelism - Directed by Lucien Behar &endash;

Lucien Behar was born of Jewish parents in Cairo, Egypt. He has served as Youth Pastor, Assistant Pastor, Associate Director of Christian Witness Crusades, Pastor of Outreach, Senior Pastor, Conference Superintendent, General Evangelist, and for 15 years served as Executive Director of Men's Ministries International of the Free Methodist Church. He has had a vast variety of experiences in Personal Evangelism having been mentored and trained with such Free Methodist soul winners as George Delamarter and Charles Kingsley. Lucien has served as a Free Methodist General Evangelist since 1985. He and his wife, Molly, who travels with him extensively, have two children and two grandchildren.

As part of Lucien's evangelistic ministry he has been holding Schools of Evangelism workshops. MMI has begun making these Schools of Evangelism available to churches. With Lucien's increased schedule, he has mentored Reverend Ken Walls of Pennsylvania as a Trainer, as well, for MMI's Schools of Evangelism. Ken is an enthusiastic and valuable member of the SCHOOLS OF EVANGELISM team.

The PURPOSE of SCHOOLS OF EVANGELISM is two-fold:

Sessions included within the school:

To schedule a School of Evagelism in your church with Lucien Behar or Ken Walls or get more information regarding SCHOOLS OF EVANGELISM, please contact Lucien Behar at the address, phone, or email listed above, or contact the MMI office (phone: 800-342-5531 email: MMIFM@fmcna.org).

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Craftsmen For Christ - Directed by Keith Ivers

Craftsmen For Christ gives men and women opportunities for service. This service comes in three areas: Working, encouraging, and sharing.

CFC offers teams to come WORK, using their gifts with the receiving group to move toward completion of the project. This work takes many forms, such as building new facilities, repairing and remodeling. An example taken from the CFC's diary is, siding, sheet rocking, putting in windows and doors, wainscoating, finishing, and painting the walls and ceiling in the remodeling project of a church.

ENCOURAGEMENT - "You mean that those Free Methodists care enough to travel here and help at their own expense?" "I saw you come in to the morning worship service, and knew that help was on the way." " You gave us the boost we needed to continue on." "Now we are going to have a new facility to reach out with the love of Jesus in our community."

SHARING the love of Jesus. One lady of the church where CFCer's worked wrote words of thanks, "You will probably never know (until you get to heaven) the full extent of the work you fellows did for First Church coming and helping to lift the burden of remodeling an old building."

Many places are waiting for you to share in God's work by using your skills for the glory of God so His love can be shared with others in need. Will you answer His call? The fields are waiting for workers to reap a harvest. For More information, contact Keith Ivers

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