Faithful Men Comissioning / Zurich, Switzerland
(Above) Jack King challenging the men to protect the women and children in the church.
(Pic Above, Lft to Rt) Pastors Joaquin Molina, Michael Tenpenny, Desmond Frey and Jack King
(Above)Newly Commissioned Men and the guests from the U.S.
Hello Everyone,
This past weekend was an incredible blessing in a variety ways. All of my time was spent helping Pastor Desmond Frey of Power House Church, Zurich, host a weekend men’s conference.
The conference was the “commissioning” of eight men who completed the requirements of Dr. Edwin Cole’s "Christian Men’s Network" and Faithful Men Ministries. Jack King did the commissioning and is expanding the vision of the late Dr. Edwin Cole who was considered the "Father of Men's Ministry".
Jack King's ministry, Faithful Men Ministry, was founded in February of 2003.
Faithful Men Ministries teaches men to:
* Become the man of God that He has called them to be
* Fulfill the great commission
* To make disciples in all nations
One of the most memorable moments happened when during the Sunday service, Jack King asked all the men attending to stand up, to take a hand of another man and make a circle around all the women and children in the church. He then charged the men with the responsibility of protecting all the women and children in the church. Every one's heart was touched by this symbolic action of the men.
Nine people flew to Switzerland from the Lamb of God Bible Church in Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S.A.. Pastor Mike Tenpenny and his group came specifically to support the new commissioned men in Zurich.
Also attending this event only was Pastor Joaquin Molina and Mr. Jurgen Ziemer from Spring of Life Church, Miami, Florida. Clearly all the Swiss people were touched by the commitment of these men and their wives to fly half-way around the world only to attend this event. It spoke volumes to the Swiss that the Americans would spend the money and time to do this.
It was a long and exhausting weekend but worth every bit of the effort to see the results.
On my return train trip, I had an incredible opportunity to minister to a fellow passenger. I will share this experience and blessing in a later posting.
Blessings,
Lawrence Blakeslee
Missionary to Europe
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