This project originated from observing men's ministries within four diverse churches; the Greater Free Gift Baptist church of Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn, the First Baptist Church of Crown Heights, the Southern Baptist Church of Harlem, New York and the Friendship Baptist Church of Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn. The focus groups consisted of men of the Friendship Baptist church, the Grace United Methodist church of St. Albans New York, Serendipity rehabilitation center, and the Blew Smoke cigar lounge of Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York.

Studying the practices through local, state and nationwide fellowships interacting with numerous churches throughout the Baptist denomination over a forty five year period reveals a systemic framework that has possibly run its glorious course. A lingering pattern amongst men ministries remains fragmented and unchanged, patterns of inconsistency, lack of ownership, menial participation and limited expectation from men's ministries has become the norm. Studying possible alternatives to re-energize the existing men's ministry with the intent to revitalize the faith and trust of black men of the Friendship Baptist church and its community is the anticipated hope.

This project will explore the historic dilemma of the black church beginning in 1963 to identify the details that may have caused black men to no longer identify with the black church. Secondly, the project will take into account the failed motives, practices and traditions found in men's ministries that they have become oblivious to, which has led to the disconnect within the church, affecting the relationship between the church and the black men of the church community. In conclusion, the anticipated hope is to produce a men's ministry rooted in Christ, considering the model established by Christ, offering a clear and concise view as to the possibilities of energizing and revitalizing a men's ministry.