Men of God
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Men of God is a Christian fraternity founded in 1999. Its members are primarily African Americans, and it has two chapters in Texas.
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[edit] History of M.O.G.
On December 5, 1999, seven brothers, who had been attending a weekly bible study at a local Lubbock, Texas community church (Community Baptist Church), decided to compile their gifts and talents given by God, to be used by God in order to effectively minister to the body of Christ.
Spencer Jones, Rodney Shepherd, Cedric Clark, Bryan Miller, Dameon Randall-Dennis, Roswell Smith Jr., and David Moody III found the Scripture which states, "the harvest is great but the labors are few," and felt the power of God on their lives to bring about this much-needed ministry to the Lubbock community and to the world so that Christian brothers could truly serve God through ministry.
On this date the mission, vision, purpose, and focus of Men of God were written down and from that came what you see today. The first meeting held by the founders was on December 5, 1999 at one of the founder’s apartments. The founding chapter at Texas Tech University is now officially the Eleazar Chapter.
During a Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Step Show in Lubbock, Texas, Men of God was called to minister and the founding brothers had to select a name. The founders could not agree on a name because the brothers simply wanted to be known as, “Men of God.” That night the name, Men of God was established.
After the initial seven worked tirelessly to minister to others while establishing the organization as a force, others came to the organization and the fraternity became incorporated on December 11, 2000.
[edit] About MOG
[edit] Mission
Men of God is dedicated to living free through the fellowship of brothers (1 Peter 3:8-9 & Acts 2:42-47), education through the word of God (2 Tim. 2:15), and salvation through Jesus Christ (John 3:16 & Romans 10:13).
[edit] Vision
The vision statement of the Fraternity is: "We envision a scriptural- based, Christ-centered organization in which college-aged men seeking a greater knowledge of Jesus Christ can come and receive fellowship, education, leadership, salvation, and learn to foster a spirit of servant-hood for and through Jesus Christ."
[edit] Group Purpose
The Fraternity has established a Purpose Statement as well: "We believe that persons drawn to this organization have been so led by the spirit of God, having already been equipped with the tools necessary to become a warrior for Christ. Thus, our objective is to merely encourage such a transition, refining those gifts and talents given by God so that overall, the body of Christ may be up lifted."
[edit] Focus
The national Fraternity has set forth the follow purpose as binding upon the whole Fraternity: "There are a lot of things in which God requires Man to be, thus M.O.G. wants to focus on ministering to the whole man. When God healed someone he usually said, “you are made whole”. We believe that for Man to be all that God wants them to be that a Man should be equipped spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, financially, and in any other way in which the word of God states. After having a good understanding of this, M.O.G. believes in raising the standard in which all Men live by. Men of God will strive to be men of noble character, integrity, faith, and know how to be a force in their community."
[edit] Theme and slogan
The overall theme for the Men of God Organization is “Raising the Standard and Standing Firm,” based primarily on Ephesians 6:10-18.
[edit] Chapters
- Eleazar Chapter - Texas Tech University
- Abishai Chapter - Stephen F. Austin State University
[edit] External links
- Official website of the national fraternity
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Christian Fraternities |
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| Twenty or more chapters: |
Beta Upsilon Chi, 1985 |
| Ten or more chapters: |
Sigma Theta Epsilon, 1925 | Alpha Nu Omega, 1988 | Kappa Upsilon Chi, 1993 |
| Less than ten chapters: |
Alpha Gamma Omega, 1927 | Chi Alpha Omega, 1987 | Gamma Phi Delta, 1988 | Men of God, 1999 |
