WHAT IS STAND COURAGEOUS?

A ministry that seeks to help men develop a strong biblical character, cultivate positive habits, build and rebuild relationships, and make commitments that will move men closer to God’s good purpose and design – men who will Stand Courageous!

“God is zeroing in on men. In this hour we need men who are strong... when we have weak men, our children are left unprotected.” 
Tony Perkins
 “Man is the spiritual head of the family. You take out the man, you take out the family.”
General Jerry Boykin
“When men get it right, everyone wins.”
Stu Weber
“The women in your churches don’t know how to tell you, but they really want you to
be a man.”
Bishop Larry Jackson

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Check out our upcoming conferences. Take a look at our resources for discipleship through Small Groups. Here, you'll be empowered and equipped to  fulfill your God-given role as a defender, provider, battle buddy, instructor, and chaplain.
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WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

Week of Monday November 17 – November 23
The Good Fight – Man as Defender

“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ…” - 1 Timothy 6:12-14 ESV

Over 250 years ago, America was headed for a fight. Like Paul did with Timothy, Pastor William Emerson in Concord, Massachusetts prepared his church. As Dr. Kenyn Cureton relates the account in a Washington Stand article, a little more than a month before the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” on April 19, 1775, Pastor Emerson preached on the text “Behold God is with us for our Captain” from 2 Chronicles 13:12. He exhorted the men in the militia to "put on the whole Armor of God ... It is an additional honor to the best Man, to the brightest Christian, especially in this our Day, that he is a good Soldier…"[1] When the alarm bell rang to warn that “the British are coming,” Rev. Emerson was the first to show up with his musket at the rally point.[2]

At the Old North Bridge, within sight of his home and family, Pastor Emerson and the militia gathered on the far side to take their stand. The sight of hundreds of British soldiers in their bright red uniforms marching, their muskets bristling with bayonets, was intimidating. One young militia member, Harry Gould, began to shrink back. Emerson clapped him on the shoulder, and charged him: “Stand your ground, Harry! Your cause is just, and God will bless you!”[3] Emerson also shouted to all the men: “Let us stand our ground. If we die, let us die here!”[4] They indeed stood their ground and the day turned for the Patriots, beating the British who retreated to Boston. After the battle, Pastor Emerson learned that the British had attempted to set fire to the meeting house and succeeded in burning his pulpit Bible.[5] This was not merely a fight over taxation without representation; it was a fight for the faith.

[1] Amelia Emerson, ed., Diaries and Letters of William Emerson 1743-1776, (Boston: Thomas Todd, 1972), 68.
[2] Aurthur B. Tourtellot, Lexington and Concord: The Beginning of the War of the American Revolution (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1959), 151.
[3] Ibid., 73.
[4] Lemuel Shattuck, A History of the Town of Concord; Middlesex County, Massachusetts, From It’s Earliest Settlement to 1832 (Concord: John Stacy, 1835), 104-05.
[5] Emerson, 93.

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"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong."

1 Corinthians 16:13