News Alert
Washington Area Coalition of Men’s Ministries Contact: Dave Brown
(Website: )703.323.5040
Prominent Christian Men’s Speakers
To Address Mid-Atlantic Conference
Saturday, March 28, 2009
WASH., DC – Two compelling and nationally popular speakers at Christian men’s and business gatherings, Dr. Rick Rigsby and Retired General Boykin will headline an “Iron Sharpens Iron” Mid-Atlantic conference for men on Saturday, March 28, at Largo Community Church in Mitchellville MD.
Rick Rigsby and Jerry Boykin will be featured speakers at the day-long conference for over hundreds of men coming from across the mid-Atlantic Region. Men will also be able to choose from eighteendifferent seminars led by prominent men’s leaders on topics relevant to interests and needs of men of all ages and stages. Worship will be led by “The Iron Worship Band”.
Rick Rigsbyis the President of Rick Rigsby Communications and Founder of Rick Rigsby Ministries in Dallas Texas. Considered among America’s finest speakers, Dr. Rigsby teaches at Texas A&M, where he is also chaplain for the Aggies football team. He speaks to audiences as diverse as churches in the jungles of Nigeria to top corporate executives on Wall Street.
Jerry Boykin was one of the original members of the Delta Force and spent the majority of his Army career in Special Forces. He was the commander of the Delta Force team portrayed in the movie Black Hawk Down. His new book - Never Surrender: A Soldier's Journey to the Crossroads of Faith and Freedom - is about these and other life-shaking experiences. He shares how his faith was shaken and rebuilt through both military and spiritual warfare.
Conference seminar topics will include:dating & marriage, raising kids, fighting addictions, sharing your faith, getting a better body, mentoring, unlocking your potential, computer bible study, leadership, developing a ministry, creating healthy habits, and training resources for ministry and life.
Iron Sharpens Iron, sponsored by the Washington Area Coalition of Men's Ministries, will open its doors at 7:30 a.m. and conclude at 4:55 p.m. Largo Community Church in Mitchellville MD ( Information and on-line registration can be found at or by calling 703.323.5040.
Founded in 1999, the Washington Area Coalition of Men’s Ministries (WACMM) is a non-profit, non-denominational, inter-generational ministry to pastors and men’s leaders in the Washington DC Region. WACMM also sponsored Stand in the Gap 2007 held on the National Mall October 6 and is the founding ministry of the Foundation for Manhood.
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