Training - The 500 Series
- Building Men & Boys
(ISI Courses are in Orange, CSB in Blue, Common in Black)

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501    Equipping the Local Church to Build Men
Developing Men for Personal Ministry

• Identify with Christ
• Build Other Men
• Facilitate Small Groups

Developing Men for Leadership in the Local Church

• Doctrine and Theology
• Spiritual Disciplines & Ministry Skills
• Character and Personal Maturity

505    The Fundamentals of CSB Ministries

• CSB’s relationship to the local church.
• Responsibility for standards, leadership, promotion, support.
• Basic principles and program elements.
• Tree Climbers, Stockade, Battalion.
• CSB philosophy and standards.
• Leadership ladder.

510    Reaching the World thru Boys Clubs

• Boys are the next generation of pastors, missionaries and lay leaders.
• How do we build boys to impact our churches?
• How do we build boys to impact the world?
• Opportunities, pitfalls and successes.

511    Club Ministries – A Need for Men and Women

• Ministering to children – more than building kids.
• The potential results.
• Today’s “teachers”. Sad statistics.
• The Biblical commission and solemn command.

550    Reaching Boys for Christ – The CSB Programs

• Program overview.
• Reasons for gender-based ministry.
• Building the local church through CSB’s Brigade programs.

551    CSB Basic Leadership Training (for Leader Certification)

• Brigade’s purpose & principles.
• The nature of a boy.
• The boy’s needs.
• Leadership principles.
• Leadership standards & self-evaluation
• The weekly programs.
• CSB resources.

553     Stockade –  Men Reaching Boys

• The people who make Stockade effective.
• The weekly meeting.
• The Stockade Module.
• The importance of the Post.
• Outpost Adventures.
• Personal Achievement.
• Stockade planning.
• The challenge of growth.
• Transition to Battalion.

554     Battalion – Where Leadership is Learned

• Introduction with discipling boys Bible study.
• An effective ministry to young men, 12 and up.
• Battalion structure and roles.
• The weekly meeting.
• Battalion and the youth group.
• Building teen leaders.
• CSB’s Battalion resources.
• Beyond the weekly meeting.
• The Achievement Program.
• Battalion paperwork.

556     Tree Climbers-Tadpoles – Boys and Their Dads

• Tree Climbers and Tadpoles.
• Parts of the weekly meeting.
• Leader roles & job descriptions.
• The meeting in detail.
• CSB’s Resources for Tree Climbers and Tadpoles.
• Achievement for young boys.

557    TREKS – Building Young Men to Serve Christ

• Introduction
• Parts of the meeting
• TREKS and Achievement

561    Meaningful Achievement

• Understanding Achievement.
• Planning Achievement.
• Standards for Achievement.
• Herald of Christ.
• Know your Achievement program.

562    Growth Through Achievement

• Biblical basis for Achievement.
• Understanding Achievement.
• Fostering the man/boy relationship.
• Standards.
• Under and over achievers.
• Motivating boys to achieve.
• Evaluating your unit's Achievement.

564     Protecting the Children in your Church

• What are we dealing with?
• Your Church's Protection Plan.
• Recruitment methods, leader training, supervision of activities, appropriate contact with children, and physical facilities.
• Reporting of incidents.
• Ministering to victims and others.

566     Dealing with Difficult Kids including ADD and ADHD

• Introduction, thoughts from Dr Ray Lueck.
• Causes of misbehaviour.
• Dealing with the children.
• ADD and ADHD characteristics.
• Problems faced by the child.
• A father’s perspective.
• Behaviour management techniques.
• Conclusions