{"id":454,"date":"2022-02-21T14:08:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T14:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntcgdudley.org\/?page_id=454"},"modified":"2022-03-25T23:36:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T23:36:00","slug":"mens-lifebuilders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ntcgdudley.org\/index.php\/mens-lifebuilders\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Lifebuilders Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"145\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ntcgdudley.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Dudley-church-Mens-Lifebuilders-Ministry-1024x145.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1047 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntcgdudley.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Dudley-church-Mens-Lifebuilders-Ministry-1024x145.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ntcgdudley.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Dudley-church-Mens-Lifebuilders-Ministry-300x42.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ntcgdudley.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Dudley-church-Mens-Lifebuilders-Ministry-768x109.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ntcgdudley.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Dudley-church-Mens-Lifebuilders-Ministry.png 1053w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/145;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director of Men\u2019s LifeBuilders Ministry: Mr Norman Hickson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OUR MANDATE: <\/strong>To Evangelise Men for Christ Mark 16:15 NIVUK \u201cHe said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OUR MOTTO: <\/strong>We will not slacken our riding unless the Lord God bids us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OUR FOCUS: <\/strong>The Spiritual, Ethical and Social Development of our Men; To encourage men to lead \/ live a positive lifestyle, be role models and a positive influence in our communities and social settings. Deuteronomy 31:6 \u201cBe strong and courageous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our aim is to host activities and programs that encourage men to embrace a positive lifestyle whereby being men of confidence, of good standing and a positive light and influence in our communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ezekiel 22:30:- I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so that I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one. Let us be that one who will stand in the gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We fully embrace our National Vision <strong>K<\/strong><strong>F<\/strong><strong>C<\/strong> to be <strong>Kingdom<\/strong>, <strong>Family<\/strong>, <strong>Community<\/strong> focused men. We will endeavour to support our National, Regional &amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.test13.ntcgdudleydistrict.org.uk\/mens-department\/\">District <strong>Life<\/strong><strong>Builders<\/strong> missions <\/a>wholeheartedly. We hold steadfast to our New Testament&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.test13.ntcgdudleydistrict.org.uk\/declaration-of-faith\/\"><strong>Declaration<\/strong> of <strong>Faith<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;which identifies with who we are and what we believe in. Our objectives are to create a <strong>Friendly<\/strong> <strong>Loving<\/strong> Environment where Men irrespective of age will be encouraged to <strong>grow<\/strong> <strong>spiritually<\/strong>, be at liberty to worship, be role models and be men of confidence in our social environments.; We also embrace our Church\u2019s Vision &amp; Mission as follow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Vision Statement<\/u><\/strong><strong><u><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>R<\/strong>each to <strong>E<\/strong>ngage;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>T<\/strong>each to <strong>E<\/strong>mpower; <strong>R<\/strong>elease to <strong>E<\/strong>vangelise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe God has called us to reach the unsaved, to empower them through Bible based teaching and to release them to evangelise and communicate the gospel in the Spirit of Pentecost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Mission Statement<\/u><\/strong><strong><u><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a Pentecostal Church family, we exist to glorify <strong>God,<\/strong> evangelise the lost, disciple the converted, lead individuals into meaningful ministry and create a church fellowship where its congregants and community feel accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our <strong>Life<\/strong><strong>Builders<\/strong> meetings are held <strong>Fortnightly<\/strong> on the <strong>second<\/strong> and <strong>fourth<\/strong> Thursdays of the month. The range of activities we host are geared towards enriching the Spiritual, Ethical and Social aspects <em>(Body, Soul &amp; Spirit)<\/em> of our lives. These includes topic discussions around our faith and addressing issues <em>(Real Talk)<\/em> that are pertinent to men, our community and society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recreationally but not limited to this, most Fridays a group of us meet around 8.00pm and enjoy a session of dominoes, other activities considered depending on interest and uptake, Table Tennis, Badminton, Running <em>(Parkrun)<\/em>, Walking, Cycling and Exercise, please register your interest with one of the board members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On behalf of the <strong>Dudley Local <\/strong><strong>Life<\/strong><strong>Builders<\/strong> we extend an open invitation to all irrespective of age and gender, we welcome men to fellowship and socialise with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norman Hickson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NTCG Dudley <strong>Life<\/strong><strong>Builders <\/strong>Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information contact:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@ntcgdudley.org\"><strong>info@ntcgdudley.org<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<strong>Tel:<\/strong>&nbsp;01384 573797<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director of Men\u2019s LifeBuilders Ministry: Mr Norman Hickson OUR MANDATE: To Evangelise Men for Christ Mark 16:15 NIVUK \u201cHe said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.\u201d OUR [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-454","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcgdudley.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcgdudley.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcgdudley.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcgdudley.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcgdudley.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcgdudley.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1048,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcgdudley.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454\/revisions\/1048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcgdudley.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}