PRESENTING…THE TELEIOS MAN

"The book published in the United States is set for release across the West coast of Africa in May. It will, in fact, be formally presented during the Kingdom Global Ministries African convention slated for Port Harcourt." 

You are forgiven if your reaction to the headline is: “The Teleios Man; what’s that?” So, let’s start this way. Teleios is a Greek word and it means “finished”. No, not finished as in ended etc. It is finished as in “finishing” school. You know, as in perfect, complete, the ultimate. It’s the same word that the Lord Jesus used on the cross when he proclaimed, “it is finished!”

The Teleios Man is therefore, the perfect man, the man of excellence and it is the title of a book for men who cherish Christlikeness. It is the title of a book by Larry Titus, pastor of Kingdom Global Ministries and quintessential minister to men and mentor directly to hundreds of men across the globe and thousands of others indirectly.

The book published in the United States is set for release across the West coast of Africa in May. It will, in fact, be formally presented during the Kingdom Global Ministries African convention slated for Port Harcourt. 

The West African edition is being published by KP Books  (www.kpbooksnigeria.com), an outfit of KINGDOMPeople where yours sincerely is a steward. I have read many books written to men and many of them are so good you’ll wonder what anyone else can add; until you read this! 

Put simply,  The Teleios Man is the most comprehensive single-volume to men available.

With foreword by no less a veteran as Pastor Jack Hayford, former International President of Foursquare Church Worldwide, Chancellor of The King’s University and Seminary and Founding Pastor, The Church On the Way, the book has received ringing endorsement across all denominational boundaries in the Church.

Dr Hayford’s had this to say about Teleios Man:

“It’s been twenty years since I heard one of my favorite quotes. Its appeal to me is the way it cuts to the core—being more than just clever, it’s Christ-like: “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing!”

“I hope it doesn’t offend anyone that it isn’t a quote from the Bible, especially since I said I see it as very much “like” Jesus. But I’ll stand by it, because what Jesus modeled in the way he spent his time indicates “the main thing” as he saw it. Jesus’s ministry spent more time on “discipling men” than anything else.

“That’s what this book is about—discipleship. It’s about shaping, growing, mentoring, teaching, nurturing guys in ways that they become very real though not “very religious.” It’s about precisely the same thing Jesus did in laying the groundwork for establishing his church.

·         Yes, he died to provide salvation for humankind and birthed the possibility for his church.

·         Yes, he rose from the dead, and in verifying his cross did achieve #1; he gave the church a life-giving message.

·         Yes, he sent his Spirit, pouring out “power from on high” to enable the church—his people—to effectively “go into all the world” with his works as well as his Word (Luke 24:49, Mark 16:15).

“But Jesus focused on discipling men. There’s no reason to apologize for that as though he was or is indifferent to women. His ministry not only elevated the place of women in his day, but also timelessly opened doors of purpose and ministry for women, overthrowing ancient traditions of male chauvinism. But nonetheless, his first priority was discipling men. He invested an incredible amount of time enabling a group of men to find their way past the habits, syndromes, preoccupations, and patterns that tend to trap guys.

“This is the pattern the living church has employed from that day to this, and where leaders “get” this, they always welcome resources that help cultivate effective ministry to men. That’s why I’m so happy to intro­duce this book by Larry Titus.

“Larry has a plan for “springing the traps,” and I’ve seen the evidence of what happens when men open to the kind of “male liberation” his resources provide. Whether as a writer, as a pastor, as a teacher, as a one-to-one mentor, as a small-group or large-crowd speaker, as a counselor, or as an apostolic missionary to nations, Larry effectively communicates with and helps men become what real discipleship in Christ can make them.

This handbook may be his best condensation of those principles—a dynamic handbook you can use, sir—as a leader with others, as a buddy teaming with another to move forward in Christ together, or simply as a discipling plan to get started on your own.

“So make “the main thing the main thing.” Get into discipling men — beginning with the man God can bring you to be yourself. This book will help you use The Book to get there: It’s ‘the right stuff.’”

I particularly like Dr Hayford’s concluding declaration in the Foreword: “The Teleios Man is for God and for guys, because when husbands grow, wives win; and as men grow, women are freed.”  

May I add: our nation needs men, men, like Joseph, prime minister of ancient Egypt; this book will be of immense help in raising real men. I consider it a privilege to be used of God to bring it to our shores. Get ready.