Call to Men

To Return to God's Calling to Be Leaders

In today’s world, it is all too common to see men leaving negative legacies. It is a vicious cycle. A man demonstrates to his children how to fail as a man. He is disengaged and disinterested when it comes to his family. Yet he is obsessed when it comes to his work. He is driven to find success financially and professionally. But he is morally bankrupt. Spiritually, he refuses to open up and be transparent. His intimacy with God suffers. And it trickles down into his family.


As years go by, it becomes easier many times for men to sit on the sideline and watch as their wives take up the slack. Men soon find themselves sitting on the couch, or being absent from the home entirely, watching their families struggle around them. By rejecting God’s ordained role as spiritual leader, men have set in motion an erosion of the family. We don’t support our wives or provide them the strength and security they need. We don’t train or engage with our children. Our daughters then must seek out approval in other places – using what they have at their disposal (often their looks and body). They cheapen themselves for love and affection. Our sons have no model to show them how to live. They seek out role models in the worlds of sports and entertainment. They use women to meet their needs. They don’t understand what it means to be a servant leader or have strength of character. So they resort to selfish motives. They use people and they bully.


The negative progression spirals out of control. Our families become less a unified body and more a collection of people sharing a living space. The lack of quality male leadership damages our churches as well. There are not enough men to teach and lead. There are not men strong enough or knowledgable enough to stand up against things that hurt the church and that are grievous to God. The sins we wallow in at home seep into the church as well.


We have become shadows of the men God created. We flee from intimacy, even though deep inside we crave it. We shirk leadership, even though we desperately want to lead. We try to demand and force respect, even though that very action guarantees we will never have it. We turn to Satan’s counterfeits to try to rediscover those things that will make us feel like men. We fall into pits of lust, pornography, greed, rage, violence, ambition, work, drugs, alcohol. And each one of those things that we introduce into our lives makes it even more likely our children will follow our wayward footsteps.


It has gotten to the point that a man doesn’t even know HOW to be a man any more. And even worse, they don’t know where to go to find an answer. They have no models in their fathers. They have no examples in the government. They have nothing worth following in the worlds of entertainment and sports. And, increasingly, there isn’t even any options in the church. Our families are in shambles. Our lives are wrecked and empty. And it feels like there is no hope.

but there is always hope

We here at Legacy Builders Ministry believe that there is hope with our families and churches. God can bring restoration and healing. Our goal is to equip and empower tomorrow’s leaders today. And it all starts with the men. Legacy Builders Ministry will show men the power of influence and help them to experience God’s Grace in action. And, most importantly, we will show them how to repair their families and churches to leave a strong and Godly legacy for future generations. It is time to take back surrendered ground. It is time to reclaim our families. It is time to defend our children and protect our homes. It is time to return to God. The Enemy has for too long rejoiced in the defeat of God’s people. He has scoffed at us as men, floundering and emasculated. Perhaps you have felt him mocking you. Now is the time to become the men GOD CREATED US to be. We, as men, will embrace intimacy with God and intimacy with our wives. We, as men, respond to the call to lead and do so with humility and integrity. We, as men, will model a godly life for our children and leave a legacy worthy to follow.