{"id":5366,"date":"2013-12-12T09:29:08","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T16:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thoughtlife\/?p=5366"},"modified":"2013-12-12T09:35:09","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T16:35:09","slug":"cbmw-is-doubling-down-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thoughtlife\/2013\/12\/cbmw-is-doubling-down-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"CBMW Is Doubling Down in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/292\/2013\/12\/cbmw.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5367\" title=\"cbmw\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/292\/2013\/12\/cbmw-300x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\"><\/a>I don\u2019t know if you noticed, but in 2013, <a href=\"http:\/\/cbmw.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CBMW<\/a> (The Council on Biblical Manhood &amp; Womanhood) put a great deal of energy into our ministry to churches. In 2014, we\u2019re not laying back.\u00a0<strong>We\u2019re doubling down<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We have had two friends of CBMW offer to match end-of-year donations up to $10,000<\/strong>. We\u2019re thrilled at this \u2018soft match\u2019 offer and hope to meet our goal through your partnership.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cbmw.simpledonation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Will you join us<\/strong><\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re hiring more staff, creating more content, holding more events. The Lord is pouring out blessing our work. Here\u2019s a smattering of info that shows what the Lord is doing in our midst:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2012, our top post on CBMW.org received 512 views. In 2013, our top post\u2014entitled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/cbmw.org\/men\/manhood\/were-just-talking\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>We\u2019re Just Talking<\/strong><\/a>\u201d\u2014received 145,421 views.<\/li>\n<li>Overall website traffic is up\u00a0<strong>over 1000%<\/strong>\u00a0from 2012 to 2013.<\/li>\n<li>In 2012, we had 177 \u201cLikes\u201d on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/CBMWorg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>our Facebook page<\/strong><\/a>. At present we have over 2,100\u2014more than a 10-fold increase.<\/li>\n<li>In 2012, we had 1,500 followers\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CBMWorg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>. We\u00a0have more than\u00a0doubled that\u00a0to 3,600. We\u2019ve also added new accounts for each of our channels:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/cbmwmanual\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Men<\/a><\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/cbmwkaris\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Women<\/a><\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/cbmwedge\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Public Square<\/a><\/strong>,<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/cbmwfamily\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Family<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/cbmwreviews\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Reviews<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In September-November 2013 alone, CBMW staff\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cbmw.org\/cbmw-travel-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>spoke or exhibited at 9 different events<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0I spoke a dozen times to thousands of people on gender and sexuality, traveling all over the country\u2014Providence, Chicago, Birmingham, Detroit, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cbmw.simpledonation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>giving<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is way up and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cbmw.org\/staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>our staff<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0now includes fifteen people (it\u2019s the largest it\u2019s ever been, praise God!).<\/li>\n<li>In April 2014, we\u2019re thrilled to hold a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cbmw.org\/2014conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>National Conference<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0before T4G, which will feature John Piper, David Platt, Kevin DeYoung, Al Mohler, and a women\u2019s panel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbmw.simpledonation.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">We would love to partner with you<\/a> in 2014 to keep pushing ahead. There are all kinds of challenges facing the church on matters of sexuality and gender. We want to help believers think well about homosexuality, transgender issues, \u201cleaning in,\u201d and much more. These are some of the toughest realities confronting evangelicals today. <a href=\"http:\/\/cbmw.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CBMW<\/a> more than any other organization is equipped and positioned to provide theological resources for your benefit and God\u2019s glory. We\u2019re not shying away from hard truths and convictional witness. In the awesome power of the gospel, we\u2019re doubling down!<\/p>\n<p>Join us in our end-of-year <a href=\"https:\/\/cbmw.simpledonation.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$10,000 match giving campaign<\/a>. We love partnering with you, and we exist to serve you.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t know if you noticed, but in 2013, CBMW (The Council on Biblical Manhood &amp; Womanhood) put a great deal of energy into our ministry to churches. In 2014, we\u2019re not laying back.\u00a0We\u2019re doubling down. We have had two friends of CBMW offer to match end-of-year donations up to $10,000. 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