Recently, David Delk announced his decision to step down as the President of NCMM. I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to serve with David and the other members of the NCMM board for the past several years and I can’t tell you how humbled and honored I am by the trust they’ve put in me to take up where David left off.
For those that don’t know me, I’m a pretty unlikely candidate to take David’s place. I don’t run a large national ministry and I’m not ordained in a church. I am, however, extremely passionate about discipleship and the state of men in America. Perhaps my association with the Navigators in college with Geoff Gorsuch as my mentor had something to do with it.
I’m a bi-vocational leader—a man in the marketplace and in ministry. In my “day job,” I lead a management consulting firm that helps technology companies develop their business growth strategies. In my other day job(!), as Founder of BoldPath Life Strategies, I help men to find their mission, fight their battle, and fuel their passion for Christ. In both roles, I describe myself as a Mission Activator. Which brings me back to NCMM.
If you were with us in Nashville this last month for our Reload’11 leaders conference, you already know the excitement that is brewing amongst the leaders of the men’s discipleship across America. The NCMM is fertile ground for a Mission Activator. Perhaps never before has the need been so great and willing hearts among leaders so strong as it is now to pour into the lives of men. Movies like Courageous and Seven Days in Utopia are raising awareness to the challenges men face and their need for Christ and more resources targeting men are becoming available every day. Along with Darrel Billups and the rest of the Board of Directors, I am eager to see what God does through the NCMM in the days and months ahead.
As NCMM, we are, together, building men. I’m thankful for your interest and involvement in this endeavor and look forward to energetically serving with you. Please feel free to reach out to me at the email address provided below. I’d love an opportunity to engage with you personally in the the great cause of Christ. May God bless you richly.
Together, building men,
Leary Gates
leary@ncmm.org