Mid-Year Letter from the CEO
July 23, 2019
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Dear Man Up Champion, July means it’s halfway through the year. Being halfway through the year means it’s time to assess. Assessing means asking the
There are over 700 million children in the world who will go to bed tonight without a loving, engaged, father in the home. We believe this sin – generational fatherlessness – is THE problem of our day.
While there are legitimate reasons for fatherlessness – including war, poverty, and disease – abdication of personal responsibility by each individual man is the single biggest contributing factor to the fatherless epidemic.
Since lone mothers generally head 80% of single-parent households, regardless of geography, it begs the question…where are all the men?
Scripture and modern science both confirm that absentee fathers pose a significant threat to the spiritual, emotional, and even physical health of the abandoned child. We long to see this problem reversed. We long to see a tomorrow when every child has a father, and every father is a dad (Malachi 4:6). We envision a day with Less Orphans, More Families, and in the meantime, continue to point every fatherless child to our Abba Father (Galatians 4:6).
To spark a passion in our men to fight for the fatherless at home and abroad as Jesus commanded. Since men have caused the problem, we believe men have the responsibility to fix it (Psalm 78:1-8). This is why we’re heavily investing in today’s man and tomorrow’s father with our authentic masculinity approach. If we’re going to put a dent in fatherlessness, it’s going to take men living as servant leaders, providing for their families, and fighting for society’s most vulnerable – the fatherless.
Since 2011, Man Up and Go has worked in various locations throughout the globe to engage the fatherless, empower single mothers, and equip men to lead. Over 18,000 locals in Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, and the Dominican Republic have been impacted through partnerships Man Up has cultivated with local churches and leaders in these areas. Using several Gospel-centered compassion programs and our authentic masculinity approach to equipping men, holistic and comprehensive change is occurring. Learn more below.
Some incredible moments in the last couple of days as our Man Up team has attended 3 graduation ceremonies with the men who have graduated from our Authentic Masculinity Program in Uganda. Each man’s wife attended… https://t.co/jkkuf87lYt
This is Jimmy. He’s a Man Up board member and longtime friend of the ministry. Right now he’s helping lead our team in Uganda. Here he is encouraging the men graduating from AMP in Jinja. This guy knows what it means… https://t.co/8iYJ9jFHmS
Dear Man Up Champion, July means it’s halfway through the year. Being halfway through the year means it’s time to assess. Assessing means asking the
For a long time, Man Up has desired to have a way to engage men in the fight for the fatherless in a domestic setting.
© 2018, Man Up And Go
