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The SBTC’s annual Men of Impact Conference helps churches develop men who will stand up and be who God is calling them to be. Lance Crowell, the SBTC church ministries associate in charge of men’s ministry, said the goal of the new conference is to benefit and aid ministers and churches in their ministry to men.
More than 350 men gathered at Metropolitan Baptist Church in Houston for this year’s conference July 20-21. Pastors and laymen attended, many of whom were in their 20s and 30s.
Topics chosen for this year’s conference sessions challenged men to deepen their walk by working through personal issues that might be holding them back, including their life stories, their marriages, families, communities, jobs and the legacies they will leave.
Popular men’s writer and speaker Steve Farrar delivered two keynote addresses. Books by Farrar include “Point Man,” “Standing Tall: How a Man Can Protect His Family,” “King Me: What Every Son Wants and Needs from His Father,” and “Finishing Strong: Going the Distance for Your Family.”
Farrar brought inspiration and conviction speaking on the topic of God’s divine assignment for Old Testament Joseph, and how after God developed his character through the trials, he raised Joseph to a position of highest influence.
“That [message] resonated with my men,” said Scott Moody, pastor of First Baptist Silsbee, who was a first-time attender of the conference along with 23 men from his church. Moody reported that his men were still talking about the conference in their Sunday School class the next Sunday, and that some had experienced some real heart changes through it.
He said, “One man became convinced that he needed to turn it all over to the Lord?he had never done that before in his life.”
Another man was deeply changed after attending Buddy Griffin’s session on dealing with your past. Griffin shared his own testimony of making peace with his father.
“It was very powerful,” Moody said. “We were touched.”
Watch the SBTC website (sbtexas.com/men) for forthcoming details on the 2008 event to be held in Arlington.
