For 25 years, Irving Tolbert has served as Chairman of the Rites of Passage Ministry (ROP). His passion stems from a brief experience with fatherlessness that left him feeling aban...visualizza altroFor 25 years, Irving Tolbert has served as Chairman of the Rites of Passage Ministry (ROP). His passion stems from a brief experience with fatherlessness that left him feeling abandoned and out of control. In this book, he shares what it took to get him back on track. As a result, Irving is acutely aware that every boy needs a father or mentor to help him mature into a godly young man. ROP—an annual, eight-month program dedicated to mitigating the destructive forces plaguing boys living in the inner city—was developed by a team of elders to address this need by modeling and mentoring spiritual maturity. Irving compiled ROP's documents and resources to help every church do the same!visualizza meno