A proven discipleship framework you can implement.
You already know your men need discipling. What you need is a structure that produces leaders and does not depend on you being the one to run it.
Is any man in your church currently being trained, by name?
Men’s ministry in many churches means a breakfast, a yearly retreat, and a service project. These are good, and none of them disciple anyone. They gather men without changing them, which is why leaders sense that their men’s ministry lacks direction and impact even while it is technically active.
Discipled Warriors exists to close that gap. Not with another event, but with a structure that holds men long enough for change to take, and then hands the structure to your church.
We bring the training. You bring the men.
Discipled Warriors delivers
- The one-day Cohort Kickoff, on your campus
- Trained cadre with military, academic and ministry experience
- The Handbook, the common study guide for every cohort
- Weekly lesson documents so your men can lead each topic
- The structure of the Completion Ceremony
Your church provides
- A venue for a full day of teaching and training
- Meals during the Cohort Kickoff
- Ten men or fewer per cohort, from your congregation
- A weekly two-hour meeting slot for twenty-six weeks
- $2,500 per cohort, paid by the church
The real constraint is time, so be clear about it.
A specific ask gets a better yes than a vague one. Here is exactly what you would be asking your men for.
Your building
A room for a full day of teaching and training. Everything happens on your own campus.
Ten willing men
One cohort is ten men or fewer. Start with the men most likely to finish, not the men hardest to convince.
A weekly slot
Two hours a week for twenty-six weeks, at a time each cohort chooses for itself.
$2,500 per cohort
Paid by the church, not by the participants. Discipled Warriors is a 501(c)(3) and donations are tax-deductible.
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On your campus. With your men. Under your church’s roof.
Three phases, twenty-six weeks, one ceremony.
Cohort Kickoff
A SATURDAY OF TEACHING AND TRAINING
Men are placed into cohorts, taught biblically-based truths about the spiritual warfare all men experience, and trained on practicing those truths under the supervision of Discipled Warriors cadre. The cohorts are fed chef-prepared meals in between the full day of teaching and training.
Discipleship Training
TWENTY-SIX WEEKS, TWO HOURS PER WEEK
Beginning the week after the Cohort Kickoff, each cohort meets at the church at a time of their choosing to review what they learned. Every man takes his turn leading and facilitating the other men in his cohort through a lesson in the Discipled Warriors Handbook. All men learn how to support the leader and facilitator.
Completion Ceremony
ONE NIGHT, AT THE CLOSE
All cohorts come together for a single Completion Ceremony at the church. The men, their families and their guests share a chef-prepared dinner. Then each man is presented with a Certificate of Completion signed by the men in his cohort, and a Discipled Warriors shirt specific to his church and cohort.
What the men say afterwards.
Named church case studies are in progress. In the meantime, these are unedited responses collected from men after the teaching and training.
WHAT LEARNING DID YOU FIND VALUABLE?
“Focus on being the leader of my family. I think I lost sight of that. Building a group of men to support and encourage each other is very valuable. I liked declaring my space for prayer. This is something that helps men in a time when we are under attack. It's worth doing.”
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
“This has been one of the best experiences in my life.”
WHAT LEARNING DID YOU FIND VALUABLE?
“Understanding my role as a man and leader and the responsibilities that come with that. Knowing that I need to be a good steward of all God has put me in control of.”
WHAT LEARNING DID YOU FIND VALUABLE?
“Image bearers, a new way of looking at people. Role of husband with no excuses.”
WHAT LEARNING DID YOU FIND VALUABLE?
“How to get authority when praying and how to talk with brothers about problems you are having.”
WHAT LEARNING DID YOU FIND VALUABLE?
“A deep look at the creation and how I fit into God's creation. My role, my wife's role and my family.”
Named church case studies are being written up with the congregations involved.
What you are given to run it.
Launch guide
What to decide before your first cohort: who to invite, how to make the ask, how to schedule the session, and what to prepare in the building.
Training materials
The weekly lesson documents your men will use to lead each topic, plus the Handbook that every cohort works from.
What pastors ask first.
- How does the program work in our church?
The Discipled Warriors cadre delivers a one-day Cohort Kickoff on your campus. Your men are placed into cohorts of ten or fewer, then meet weekly for twenty-six weeks at a time they choose, leading each other through the lessons.
- Can our church do this?
If you can host men in your building for a full day and gather ten willing men, you can run it. Churches do not need an existing men's ministry structure, a dedicated staff member, or a teaching pastor with free capacity.
- What is required from us?
A venue, meals arranged during the Cohort Kickoff, ten men or fewer per cohort, and a weekly meeting slot for twenty-six weeks. The financial cost is $2,500 per cohort, paid by the church rather than by the men.
- How much pastoral involvement is needed?
Less than most leaders expect. The cadre delivers the Cohort Kickoff. Your men then lead their own weekly meetings using materials provided for each topic, so the program does not depend on the pastor teaching every session.
- What happens after the twenty-six weeks?
All cohorts join a single Completion Ceremony with families present. The men who finish are then equipped to form the training core for the next cohort, which is how a church moves from hosting a program to owning a repeatable discipleship engine.
- Is Discipled Warriors a nonprofit?
Yes. Discipled Warriors is a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit ministry, and donations are tax-deductible. All donations are used to provide the program to local churches. No donations become income.
Start the conversation.
Tell us about your church and your men. Ray will come back to you personally about dates, cohorts and what a first season would look like.
Ten men who finish well will recruit the next twenty better than any announcement from the front.