The Brigade Blog
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We Help You Plan A Fathering Adventure Day With Your Son
Strengthen the bond between fathers and their children at Fathering Adventure Day! Christian Service Brigade provides the coaching, resources, and support you need to plan and run this unforgettable, meaningful…
My Fear That Dad Would Discover It Is Gone
Strengthen the bond between fathers and sons through mentorship and honest communication. Discover how opening up about struggles with things like pornography can transform fear into love and build a…
Brigade Prepared Me to be a Husband, a Father, and to Serve.
Looking for a ministry to help raise boys into godly men? Christian Service Brigade provides mentorship, life skills, and spiritual growth through Christ-centered programs like Battalion and Stockade. As a…
2024 Highlight Video
2024 has been a year of growth, leadership, and unforgettable moments as men and boys came together to shape their futures and impact generations for Christ. Watch our recap video…
One Meal, One Month, One Big idea!
Looking for a ministry to help raise boys into godly men? Christian Service Brigade provides mentorship, life skills, and spiritual growth through Christ-centered programs like Battalion and Stockade. As a…
Five for Five – A Mom Story
Looking for a ministry to help raise boys into godly men? Christian Service Brigade provides mentorship, life skills, and spiritual growth through Christ-centered programs like Battalion and Stockade. As a…
Building the Next Generation of Men: A Call to Action
Discover how generations of faithfulness are possible in your family through the transformative power of discipleship. Read the inspiring story of three generations impacted by Christian Service Brigade, where faithful…
Generations who know their middle name
Do you believe that generations of faithfulness are possible in your family? I do. I believe it because I cling to God’s promises. I was taught to do this by…
Happy Thanksgiving from Christian Service Brigade
Discover fun Thanksgiving facts about food traditions, like whether turkey was served at the first feast, the marshmallow debate, and how Swanson’s TV dinners were born—all while celebrating gratitude and…
Meet Mike Fitzgerald: Our New North Central Field Representative
We are excited to welcome Mike Fitzgerald to the Christian Service Brigade team! After a 30-year career as a medical doctor, Mike answered God’s call to serve as the new…
Robots, Homeschooling, and Christian Service Brigade
Engage your homeschooled boys with Christian Service Brigade’s faith-based curriculum, featuring hands-on modules like a robot-building project that integrates biblical lessons, leadership development, and practical life skills.
New Tree Climbers Materials for 2024-2025!
Embark on an Unforgettable Adventure with the new Tree Climber Program: Inspiring Biblical and Outdoor Exploration for Christian Dads and Their First and Second Grade Boys
Thanks to the success…
That Night I Went to Bed Torn in Two
Christian Service Brigade is as much a ministry to families as it is to boys. Men who join to help boys are often equipped to be better husbands, fathers and…
I Used to Look Ahead I Fear
I grew up without a father, thrust into a life of uncertainty and hardship. My beautiful mother, even with her best attempts to love and raise me, could never fill…
Join the MOB: Why I Love Brigade – A Mom’s Story
Many men don’t know where they fit in at church. They feel the war on men even in their congregations or they simply don’t know how their skills, interests, and…
Creating a servant leader who actually knows how to lead AND serve.
Men have often abused their strength and authority. It is a mistake to respond to this sin by ignoring the necessary leadership to which God has called men. The answer…
Easter Teaches Our Boys Not To Fear
What if things don’t workout? What if I fail? What if I die? All of the most important “what ifs” are put to rest in the death and resurrection of…
How To Build Antifragile Boys: Let Them Suffer
Building antifragile boys through adventure: raising resilient, capable young men.
It’s hard for today’s boys to become godly.
They're bombarded from all directions with examples of anything but a godly lifestyle. Studies show that boys learn how to behave as men by what they observe around them. With…
I think I’d Lost Hope
God used the death of my wife this past June to produce a stunning plot twist in Zac’s story.. I think I had lost hope. Zac just seemed lost. Stuck.…
How a Husband Found a Bond of Brotherhood
Christian Service Brigade is as much a ministry to families as it is to boys. Men who join to help boys are often equipped to be better husbands, fathers and…
Easter Joy in the Face of our Biggest Trial
As we watch my wife live her last days I and my family find confidence in the face of cancer and death in large part because of the trust in…
You. Man. Where do you fit in?
Many men don’t know where they fit in at church. They feel the war on men even in their congregations or they simply don’t know how their skills, interests, and…
An Example of Mentoring as We Celebrate 85 Years of Minsitry
CSB played a vital role in connecting Neo with his friend and now mentor David Gregg. As we celebrate 85 years of ministry to men. young men, and boys, we…
They were ‘Gap Men.’ They filled the gap where my father wasn’t.
In John’s testimony he tells how numerous men “filled the gap” that was left by an absent father. Our culture is full of fatherless boys, even the ones with dads…