{"id":2260562,"date":"2024-06-05T15:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T19:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-makes-a-man-christian-coalition-publishes-statement-on-godly-masculinity\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T15:13:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T19:13:59","slug":"what-makes-a-man-christian-coalition-publishes-statement-on-godly-masculinity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-makes-a-man-christian-coalition-publishes-statement-on-godly-masculinity\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Masculinity: Christian Coalition&#8217;s Take on Godly Manhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-makes-a-man-christian-coalition-publishes-statement-on-godly-masculinity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2260562&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A coalition of Christian \u2062men, \u200dled by\u200c Promise Keepers, issued &#8220;A Proclamation\u2062 on \u200dGodly Masculinity,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">emphasizing<\/a> biblical values amid &#8216;pride month&#8217; celebrations promoting homosexuality. The proclamation\u200d defines masculinity, roles, and responsibilities, emphasizing\u200b the importance of godly\u2062 leadership, courage, justice, and\u200c servant-hood in alignment with God&#8217;s \u200cdesign for men.\u2064 Benham highlights the\u2064 significance of \u2064defining biblical \u2062masculinity\u2064 in \u2063today&#8217;s cultural context.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/washingtonstand\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/washingtonstand\/%20\"><span>S.A. McCarthy, The Washington Stand<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 5, 2024 at 10:31am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>While \u2018pride month\u2019 is busy promoting homosexuality and gender confusion, a coalition of Christian men is proclaiming a doctrine of biblical masculinity.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the men\u2019s chastity and marriage ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/whatmakesaman.org\/godly-masculinity-affirmation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Promise Keepers<\/a> led a number of other Christian organizations and individuals in\u00a0issuing\u00a0\u201cA Proclamation on Godly Masculinity,\u201d which \u201cseeks to establish where leaders and pastors nationwide fall in their position on masculinity, femininity, gender roles and most specifically, Godly masculinity and the role of men in our culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cProclamation\u201d clarifies God\u2019s design for masculinity, what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/seinfeld-unpopular-opinion-dominant-masculinity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">masculinity<\/a> is (and is not), and what men are called to do.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on Monday night\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/K6ICXbq5OCM?si=ueTRIr7XFJd7kuow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Watch<\/a>,\u201d former Major League Baseball player-turned-entrepreneur David Benham \u2014 who, along with his brother Jason, was one of the co-authors of the \u201cProclamation\u201d \u2014 explained that Satan \u201cdoes not want men to be godly men, biblical men, to embrace masculinity as God designed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason why masculinity is controversial in 2024 is because the world system has set itself against the very design and the image of God for manhood,\u201d Benham said. \u201cAnd so what the world system has done is it elevates perversion and greed and promiscuity and dominance and chauvinism. And then it flips it around and calls its own invention toxic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the church forsakes its conscience and we don\u2019t train up men to be biblical men, to lay their lives down, and then men turn around and use the same power and strength God has given us to stand against injustice \u2014 men are using it now to perpetrate evil, to be greedy, to be chauvinist, to dominate, and to do all kinds of evil around this world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so in the absence of good men, evil men have risen. And that\u2019s where we find this issue with toxic masculinity and all these things that we desperately need to set straight with good male leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cProclamation on Godly Masculinity\u201d explains that \u201cmaleness (masculinity) and femaleness (femininity) are essential to building God\u2019s world according to His purposes. The combination of masculinity as expressed by men and femininity as expressed by women reflect the image of the Creator, and thus are wholly perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christians-livid-gets-us-super-bowl-commercial-pure-blasphemy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sin<\/a>, \u201ca man departs from the Godly masculinity in which he was created,\u201d and that \u201ccan lead to a multitude of destructive outcomes such as exploitation of others, the pursuit of feminine traits, passivity in the face of injustice and\/or oppression of those who are weaker.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Would you sign this proclamation?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But since Christ is God become man, \u201cHe is the best embodiment of both humanity and masculinity. By believing in Jesus as God who died and came back to life, and repenting of sin, a person is restored in their relationship to God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christians-can-experience-deeper-rest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">redemption<\/a> purchased by Christ\u2019s blood, the statement explains, men can fulfill their masculine purpose \u201cas perfectly demonstrated in the man, Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The redemption and restoration offered in Christ afford men the opportunity for sanctification, which is deepened as they \u201cdeny their sinful desires, pray, study Scripture, and actively look to serve others. They begin to live in the identity their Creator intended. Their desires align with God\u2019s will, causing the peace, joy, unity, and power that Jesus promised to become reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Benham explained that it is necessary to define the terms of godly masculinity, saying, \u201cWe have to define what a true biblical man is. What is manhood? What is masculinity?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proclamation he co-authored explains that masculinity is \u201cthe eternal foundational value present in men who live out the identity, order, and purpose that gives meaning to their lives as God intended.\u201d It necessitates practicing servant leadership, exercising authority in the home and submitting to the authority of God, and living a life of self-discipline.<\/p>\n<p>Godly men are called to be peacemakers, to act with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christian-leaders-launching-courage-tour-key-swing-states-ahead-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">courage<\/a>, to promote justice, to display controlled strength, to practice interdependence, and to exercise biblical conviction. \u201cBeing a peacemaker requires healthy, humble, and gracious confrontation,\u201d the proclamation says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA man is not called to be a peacekeeper, simply trying to keep the peace at all costs. Sometimes, being a peacemaker requires personal risk \u2014 confronting the wicked for the sake of the innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Benham pointed out, \u201cIn today\u2019s culture, leadership is often associated with dominance. \u2026 It\u2019s your way or the highway. That\u2019s not the type of leadership we\u2019re looking at. The type of leadership that we define in Scripture is the leadership of Jesus Christ, the servant leader who sacrificed Himself for us, who laid His life down. And that\u2019s truly the essence of biblical masculinity. \u2026 [A] man is tasked, number one, to provide and to protect, to lay his life down, to be the first line of defense. \u2026 Thank God for all those moms who are out there doing wonderful things, especially in the absence of good men. But men are tasked with that responsibility. And so now, during \u2018pride month,\u2019 especially, now is a time to clearly define what a man is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the declaration explains, \u201cAll people experience fear, but courage is standing boldly for Truth anyway. Because of the unique call to men to defend and protect, masculinity requires an extra measure of courage. It must come from the core of a man\u2019s character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It continues, \u201cAs the leader in the war against Satan, man has a unique role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/every-black-life-matters-co-founder-blisters-biden-on-critical-race-theory\/\" title=\"Every Black Life Matters Co-Founder Blisters Biden On Critical Race Theory\">confronting injustice<\/a>, the primary indicator of God\u2019s enemy\u2019s presence and effect.\u201d To do this, men must learn to control their strength, using it \u201cto protect the innocent, defend the oppressed, and stand for justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Interdependence, the proclamation clarifies, is a sort of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/9-nfl-teams-stand-ground-refuse-celebrate-pride-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">teamwork<\/a> among men. \u201cBecause of their call to lead, each man must understand his strengths and limitations, recognizing his need to work in relationships and teamwork with others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The document continues, \u201cWisdom understands the call to work with others as a team to rescue as many people as possible from sin and bring them to the gift of forgiveness in Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the proclamation states, biblical conviction \u201cis a belief that is not negotiable. A man of God refuses to relent on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/franklin-graham-shows-support-for-tampa-bay-rays-players-who-refused-to-wear-pride-flag-logos\/\" title=\"Franklin Graham Shows Support For Tampa Bay Rays Players Who Refused To Wear Pride Flag Logos\">biblical convictions<\/a>, no matter what it costs him.\u201d Echoing St. Paul in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Philippians+3%3A8-10&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philippians 3:8-10<\/a>, the document concludes, \u201cA man of God considers money, fame, security, and admiration worthless compared to the immeasurable value of standing for Truth, no matter the cost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Men can visit <a href=\"http:\/\/WhatMakesAMan.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatMakesAMan.org<\/a> to sign the proclamation and \u201cdemonstrate your commitment to godly masculinity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This article appeared originally on <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstand.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Stand<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-45743\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/washingtonstand\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45743\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45743\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45743\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>  The Washington Stand is Family Research Council\u2019s outlet for news and commentary from a biblical worldview. 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