For Churches · Free to Run

Build Men
Who Build Others.

Sanctified Man is a year-long discipleship program built to be run by your church, by your leaders, in your context. Everything you need is provided — free.

Download the Leaders Guide → Talk to Michael
Why We Built This

Three gaps. One year-long answer.

Most pastors feel three problems at once and don't have time to name them. The discipleship gap — men who believe the gospel but aren't being walked through what belief looks like in their marriages, phones, finances, and prayer lives. The leadership pipeline crisis — no formal mechanism for moving a man from regular attender to spiritually qualified to lead. The cultural collapse of biblical manhood — men shaped by phones and despair instead of work, marriage, and fatherhood under God.

Sanctified Man is one tool, among others, built to address all three. It's a year-long, structured arc — designed so ordinary faithful men can run it, pass it on, and raise up the next set of leaders for your church. The goal isn't to build a brand. It's to build men who build others.

"What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also."
— 2 Timothy 2:2
What You Actually Get

Everything a church needs to run this, in one place.

Not a teaser. Not a sample. The full kit — enough to run a year cleanly without asking us a single question. Built this way on purpose: the program travels further when we're not the bottleneck.

PDFs + Print

15 Lesson Plans

The main thing. Full member-facing material, ready to print or project. From self-examination and active reading, through the Code, Core 5, habits, leadership, marriage, stewardship and mission.

PDF

Leaders Guide

The companion to the lesson plans. Session-by-session teaching notes, discussion prompts, container checks, collision questions — everything a leader needs to actually run it.

PowerPoint + PDF

Branded Presentations

Slide decks for every session. Drop in your church's logo or run as-is.

Free · iOS, Android, Web

The Companion App

Habits, Active Prayer, Reform Tool, Assessments, and the full Lesson Library. On the web, App Store and Google Play.

PDF

Homework & Return/Report

Weekly reflection and application questions. Every session opens with men reporting honestly on what happened since the last one.

SVG + PNG

Brand Kit

Logos, posters, OG images, social templates, run-sheets. Drop them into your church's social channels.

The Frameworks

Six proprietary frameworks.
Rooted in Scripture. Tested in rooms.

These aren't invented — they're distilled. Every one has been built, tested, and refined inside real groups of men over the last several years.

01

The Code

Four non-negotiables: Truth, Lead, Connected, Progress. The operating principles every Sanctified Man commits to.

02

The Core 5

Communion, Connection, Career, Capacity, Community. Every area of a man's life — no silos, no exceptions.

03

The Container

Intentional culture where transformation happens. Be Present. Be Ready to Be Challenged. Don't Teach. Make Progress.

04

The Discernment Tool

Seven biblical tests for evaluating whether what a man believes God is telling him aligns with Scripture, character, and how God has always led His people.

05

The Reform Tool

A structured way to resist conformity to the world (Romans 12:2) — identify unbiblical narratives and intentionally replace them with truth shaped by Scripture.

06

The 4T Session Flow

Teach → Type → Talk → Train. Every session moves through the same cycle. Doctrine ends in practice, not just knowledge.

The Container

Content isn't enough.
Men need an environment where truth can land.

Without it, men perform. With it, men collide with truth — and collision is where growth happens. The Container is built on three things: Environment, Format, and Rules. The Rules are set on night one and held for the whole year.

01

Be Present

Full attention. Phones away. Mind engaged. Heart open. No growth from a place you won't enter.

02

Be Ready to Be Challenged

Growth requires friction. If nothing confronts you, you are either not listening or not being honest.

03

Don't Teach

Share from your own life. No lecturing, no unsolicited advice, no fixing. The Holy Spirit does the teaching.

04

Make Progress

Showing up is not enough. Take something away, apply it, report honestly the next week. Stagnation is not an option.

The Companion App

The practice between the sessions.

Groups meet weekly or fortnightly. The other six days matter more. The app keeps the framework at arm's reach so the practice actually happens — Monday morning, not just Sunday night.

Habits
01

Habits

Daily habits across all five Core domains — set, track, and repent together.

Active Prayer
02

Active Prayer

Pray through the Core 5 daily, with Scripture prompts and simple journaling.

Reform Tool
03

Reform Tool

A structured way to replace unbiblical thought patterns with truth shaped by Scripture (Romans 12:2).

Assessments
04

Assessments

Self-assessment against biblical leadership qualifications from 1 Timothy 3, Titus 1, and 1 Peter 5 — not pass/fail, but godliness targets to grow toward.

Lesson Library
05

Lesson Library

All 16 lessons, Scripture, and homework at your men's fingertips between sessions.

And more — private group feeds, leader notes, weekly check-ins, and new features added regularly as the program evolves.
Available now

Three ways to get the app.

Download on the App Store
Get it on Google Play
Open in browser app.sanctifiedman.com.au
What It Costs

Nothing.

The program, the resources, and the app are free for churches to use. We may ask churches that adopt the program to share their context and feedback so we can keep improving the resources.

Who It's For

Any local church wanting a structured year of formation for men.

Most useful for pastors who can identify men ready to step into formation but don't have a coherent program to run them through. If you have 6–10 men you'd like to raise up this year, this is for you.

  • Elders wanting to raise up the next bench
  • Men's ministry leads tired of piecemeal curriculum
  • Church plants building culture from the ground up
  • Pastors who want formation, not just attendance
What's Required of You

It's free. It's also not easy.

Be honest with yourself before you start. To run this well, you'll need:

  • 1 A leader (or co-leaders) of character, with time, willing to commit to the year.
  • 2 A consistent meeting rhythm — weekly works best; fortnightly works for Forge.
  • 3 A space and a meal plan — eating together is part of the Container.
  • 4 Pastoral care behind it. This program surfaces things — marriages under strain, hidden sin, doubts left unspoken. Be ready to walk with men through what comes up.
Churches Running Sanctified Man

Where this is being run.

First Church to Run It

Christ Central

Brisbane, Australia

"Christ Central was the first church to run Sanctified Man — in both the Standard format (Thursday nights) and the Forge format (fortnightly Fridays)."

2 cohorts Year 3 running Both formats
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Your church, here.

Be among the first cohort of partner churches outside Brisbane. We're intentionally keeping the partner list small and well supported.

Get in touch →
Take the Next Step

Most men in your church are ready for more
than they're being given.
Give them a year that builds them.

Download the Leaders Guide below. Sit with it for a week. If it lines up with what your men need, get in touch — we'd love to help you run it well.

See What's Inside → Talk to Michael

"What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also."

— 2 Timothy 2:2