EVENT COORDINATOR--Paul Sniffen (right)
directs a Promise Keeper volunteer.
By Thomas C. Hanson
INGLEWOOD, California--Paul Sniffen, WCG men's ministry coordinator for the Southwest district, was event coordinator of the Promise Keepers Go the Distance Conference for Los Angeles Oct. 13 and 14.
Attendance was 13,000 Friday night, Oct. 13, and 17,000 on Saturday. Featured speakers included Bill McCartney of Promise Keepers, Jack Hayford, pastor of Church on the Way in Van Nuys, California, and evangelist Luis Palau.
Mr. Sniffen said that after walking into the Great Western Forum, hearing the background music and seeing more than 600 men making a commitment to Jesus as personal Savior, he told God, "It was all worth it."
Mr. Sniffen was responsible for the whole event. All volunteers reported to him.
"When Promise Keepers called me and asked me to coordinate the event seven months ago, I declined because of the work and sacrifice needed," Mr. Sniffen said. "Then, I got a second call and decided to take on the responsibility, realizing that our Savior sacrificed his life for us and that we have the opportunity to help men come to Christ."
Mr. Sniffen sees the value of men's ministry in helping men to see that there is spiritual hope in their lives and in knowing how to be better fathers and husbands, how to treat their fellow man, and that God is no respecter of persons.
"The bottom line is that we need to come to love one another, but men view this as mushy," Mr. Sniffen said. "But we need to love each other with the love of God."
For more information on how to start a men's ministry in your congregation, call Mr. Sniffen at 1-626-304-4004 or send e-mail to him at paul_sniffen@wcg.org If the pastors and men's ministry leaders would like to have a U.S. men's ministry conference, please let him know.
EVENT COORDINATOR--Paul Sniffen (right)
directs a Promise Keeper volunteer.
HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM--
Paul Sniffen with his wife, Leigh, outside
the Great Western Forum, site of the
Los Angeles area Go the Distance
Conference Oct. 13 and 14.
[Photos by Thomas C. Hanson]
VISIT WITH MAYOR--From left:
Paul Sniffen; Roosevelt F. Dorn, mayor
of Inglewood; Leigh Sniffen; and Alex
Gonzalez, an assistant to Mr. Sniffen.
PROMISE KEEPERS EVENT--
Inside the Great Western Forum in
Inglewood, California, Oct. 14.
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