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The wbb process
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ARE MEN REPRODUCING?
Builders (1910 -1946) 65%
Boomers (1946 - 1964) 35%
Busters (1965 - 1976) 15%
Bridgers (1977 - 1994) 4%
90% Decline in Professions of Faith!
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UMC in concerns?
57% of all UM congregations did not have even 1 profession of faith in 2005!
Steady decline in membership since 1968
Men in most congregations are over 65
Congregations are mostly female
Many pastors exhausted, leaving ministry
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Core Chalenges
• Lack of spiritual growth• No clear challenge to spiritual
growth• Failure to call men to spiritual
maturity
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Why are there millions of good and faithful
UMC Men unable to Spiritually Reproduce?
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Is there a pathway to improvement?
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Wesleyan Building Brothers
(WBB) Purpose
“Call and equip UMC men to become
Spiritual Fathers!”
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Three Strands of Leadership
Senior Pastor
Passionate Leader
Leadership Team
1. Pray2. Support3. Inform4. Include5. Love (tangibly)
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Men growing in Christ, so others may know Christ
Our Call
Our Challenge
Our Opportunity with God
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Barriers
The Father Vacuum …distorts image of God
Lack safe Masculine Environment Men don’t Trust Leaders Men relate to God in Obligation not Grace
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The Wesleyan Building Brothers Process
overcomes the Barriers …and turns them into
Stepping Stones
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• Transformational
• Relational
• Reproductive
• Provides the opportunity to “know God”
• Calls men into the Passionate Pursuit of God
Pathway - Spiritual Fathers
Vital Elements
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Phase I: Page 7
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Men must Become Spiritually Mature
Men are Foundational
Illustrated in I John 2:12-14
Spiritual Child
• Has sins forgiven (Salvation)
• Begins to know the Father
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Men must Become Spiritually Mature
Spiritual Young Man• Strong in the Word of
God
• The Word lives in him
• Overcomes evil one
Men are Foundational
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Men must Become Spiritually Mature
Men are Foundational
Spiritual Father• Knows God intimately and is
growing in his understanding of the character and purpose of God
• Reproducing spiritual children who mature and reproduce
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Step One
Church Pastors and Leaders
must experience…
“WBB Male Leadership Experience”
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WBB Male Leadership Experience
Outcomes
• Certified /Trained Facilitator …in WBB Process
• Passion to become and build Spiritual Fathers!
• Pastors/Leaders committed to lead their men into 1 year “WBB Four-Phase Process”
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Step Two: • Pastor and lay leaders invite up to 12 men in their
church to be part of the one year WBB small group
• All the churches WBB small groups come together for a half day Phase event that introduces each phase – there are 4 Phases.
• The Phase event is facilitated by A Trained Facilitator approved by the GCUMM.
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Step Three: • Each church's WBB small group meets one hr weekly to
experience the Phase. Lay leaders from that church facilitate the groups.
• Small group members invite the second generation to experience the process of Spiritual Fathering & Reproduction.
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“WBB Four phase Process”
Outcomes
• Transformed Men who Pursue God…
• Men Becoming Spiritual Fathers…
• Men who Spiritually Reproduce and
leave an Eternal Legacy
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Result of Wesleyan Building Brothers
Process
• Pastors/Leaders model Spiritual Fatherhood
• Men whose faith is reproduced…Spiritual Fathers
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T I M E
# of Committed
Men
New Disciples
© 2004 Pat Morley and Man in the Mirror www.maninthemirror.org
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The Goal
Becoming Spiritual Fathers!
Leadership Training
Study The
Word
Fathering/
Parenting
Serving
WBB Catalyst to
Transform Men (Pastors/Leaders)
Spiritual Growth Process Prayer/
Worship
Free Men to enter Transformational Process• Create Safe Masculine Environment
• Remove Critical Barriers
• Build Christ model for Servant Leadership
• Identify unique “Pathway” to Spiritual Fathering
Vision for Becoming “Spiritual Fathers”
EventsIgnite & InspireCall Men
Four Phase Proce
ss
Pathway for Discipleship