2222d 2nd Chronicles 7v14 Ministries for Change P.O Box 53262 Houston, Texas 77052 Phone: Fax: 832-202-0239 E-mail: grantcoleman@2ndChronicle7v14.org I2222 It is now time for black men to resume our rightful place in our homes and communities. To stand as husbands who love and respect our wives, and for whom they can respect; as dads who provide love, structure and discipline in the lives of our children; as brothers and uncles who serve as role models; as grand fathers who mentor our sons and our daughters and our family clan; as law abiding citizens in our homes rather than as criminals in our jails; and as leaders and dependable followers who co-labor in the vineyard of rebuilding greatness in the African American community. I IMAGINE THE CHANGE….. Join the call to action at 2nd Chronicles 7v14 Ministries for Change and… Discover the faith to believe… Discover the strength to choose… Discover your dreams fulfilled… 2nd Chronicles 7v14 Ministries Changing our World! Dare to IMAGINE……you can! If my people who are called by my name would humble themselves and pray, confess their sins, turn from their wicked ways then I will hear from heaven forgive their sins and heal their land. II Chronicles 7:14 OUR MISSION……. IMAGINE THE VISION That the scripture found in 2nd Chronicles 7:14 would be fulfilled and our land would be healed. That African American communities would turn away from sin and return to God. To embrace as many African American men as possible who choose to turn from sin and return to God. OUR PROGRAMS/SERVICES… To offer support, prayer, and services as they restore, rebuild, and reunify their relationship with God, their church, their families, and their communities. IMAGINE THE DREAM…..Imagine men working, saving, and taking care of their families. Imagine dads at PTA meetings or at parent’s night at their kids’ schools. That black men would assume their roles as leaders in their church, home, marriages, families, relationships and communities. -----------------------------------------------------------------------Are you saddened by the state of the African American male? By the lack of hope and the lack of direction exhibited in how we live out our lives; by the overwhelming importance we place on many of our trivial pursuits; and by the negative choices we’ve made that led to great spans of time behind bars. Are you saddened because many of us have abdicated our positions of leadership in our homes? Have given up supporting our families and have abandoned fatherhood altogether. How about how we have demeaned our beautiful African American women? Many over the years have taken great pains in addressing the problems that undermine us as a people and as a community. Although some success has been noted and recorded in history, with the exception of the Civil Rights movement, it was momentary, fleeting and without lasting change. My solution is not elaborate. it is not hip or trendy; it is basic in its simplicity… AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN, BLACK MEN….NEED TO RETURN TO GOD! Imagine dads coming home early or being at home for the evening meal. Imagine men desiring to date to find mates for marriage and desiring to be attentive to them, for life. How about men not just going to church, but taking their wives and children to church services? Imagine less crime in our neighborhoods, with less violence and safer streets. Imagine more men in our established community organizations, including the church, causing these organizations to thrive and to fulfill their mission statements and their God given purposes. Imagine our selfemployed business men taking pride in the services they provide and the products they produce. Imagine a man’s word being his bond. Imagine a stronger political system where our politicians are held accountable because of more politically educated African American men. Imagine a stronger, more prosperous African American community as more African American men labor and pursue dreams of their own businesses within our communities. Imagine no more, this is what God’s new man would look like after choosing to participate in 2nd Chronicles 7v14 Ministries for Change. 2nd Chronicles 7v14 Ministries for Change A ministry that brings to life a verse in the Bible and dares to reach fallen men and restore them to a right relationship of fellowship and intimacy with God. Teaching “sinners and transgressors” the ways of God is what this ministry is all about. P.O Box 53262 Houston, Texas 77052 Phone: Fax: 832-202-0239 E-mail: grantcoleman@2ndChronicle7v14.org