Recommended Resource: Every Man\u2019s A Mentor by Sam Mehaffie<\/p>\n
Sam Mehaffie has worked with boys for over 25 years as a basketball coach, youth pastor, and mentor.\u00a0 He founded Saving Our Boys, a ministry that challenges and teaches men to be mentors to our boys, especially boys without fathers.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur boys are looking for someone to follow.\u00a0 If you won\u2019t do it, then who will?\u00a0 In Every Man\u2019s a Mentor<\/em>, Sam\u2019s life experiences, stories, and practical advice will help you make a life-changing impact on your son, grandson, your nephew, and to the many fatherless boys in our churches and neighborhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Recommended Resource: Every Man\u2019s A Mentor by Sam Mehaffie - IPHC Discipleship Ministries","description":"Recommended Resource: Every Man\u2019s A Mentor by Sam Mehaffie Sam Mehaffie has worked with boys for over 25 years as a basketball coach, youth pastor, and mentor.\u00a0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,20,1],"tags":[940,361,16,969,427,970,941],"class_list":["post-4571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boys-ministries","category-childrens-ministries","category-general","tag-940","tag-book-review","tag-discipleship","tag-every-mans-a-mentor","tag-resource","tag-sam-mehaffie","tag-sound-doctrine","entry"],"title_es":"Recurso recomendado: Every Man's a Mentor","content_es":"Recurso recomendado: Every Man's A Mentor por Sam Mehaffie Sam Mehaffie ha trabajado con ni\u00f1os durante m\u00e1s de 25 a\u00f1os como entrenador de baloncesto, pastor de j\u00f3venes y mentor. Fund\u00f3 Saving Our Boys, un ministerio que desaf\u00eda y ense\u00f1a a los hombres a ser mentores de nuestros ni\u00f1os, especialmente a los ni\u00f1os sin padres. \u201cNuestros chicos est\u00e1n buscando a alguien a quien seguir. Si no lo haces, \u00bfqui\u00e9n lo har\u00e1? En Every Man's a Mentor<\/em> , las experiencias de vida, historias y consejos pr\u00e1cticos de Sam te ayudar\u00e1n a tener un impacto que cambiar\u00e1 tu vida en tu hijo, nieto, sobrino y en los muchos ni\u00f1os sin padre en nuestras iglesias y vecindarios \".","author_name":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-1bJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4444,"url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2019\/02\/16\/recommended-resource-passing-the-torch\/","url_meta":{"origin":4571,"position":0},"title":"Recommended Resource: Passing the Torch","author":"Sasha LeBlanc","date":"February 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Passing the Torch by Tony W. 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