Ok, so we named a men's ministry for our house church...now what??!?!
Truthfully, I am not 100% sure where to go next, so I will share what is on my heart and hopefully it will resonate. Since the moment I became a follower of Messiah I knew I wanted to find other men who also believed in Him for their salvation. Together we would go out as a band of brothers and reach other men who also needed to be saved. Before Christ, I had brothers who I would go to war with, who carried me when I was injured, who comforter me when I grieved and celebrated with me in victory. But those men also marched happily with me towards eternal damnation. Since become a disciple of Christ, most of the time I have felt very alone. I miss my brotherhood. I miss my brothers, but they rejected me after my conversion. They treated me as if I betrayed them, and perhaps I did. I was a mercernany of death and now I am a servant of Yeshua, the Christ, the would not come where I was going and I could no longer go with them on their journey. So I have been alone. So I am seeking a bortherhood. Men who know the Truth of our Savior and desire to serve Him. Men who want to lead their homes, encourage other men to come to the Light and to lead their families and communities to salvation.

What are the Sons of Thunder supposed to be?

In Exodus 19, the nation of Israel has been set free from the bondage of slavery in Egypt and they now come to Mount Sinai, in the wilderness. The encamp at the base of the mountain, and will hear of God's great love and care for them. Here in the wilderness, the LORD will tell of their destiny, His promise, and call them to be a priesthood for and to Him. It is here that they are called to be HOLY as their God, YHVH is HOLY. I have always been excited that our Savior, Yeshua/Jesus called the apostles John and his brother James, "Sons of Thunder." They were young, passionate, zealous, and willing to follow Christ whereever he went.
These men would one die for their faith in Christ. James, the elder, was said to have been beheaded in Jerusalem. John, the younger, the author of the Gospel and letters, including the Revelation of Jesus Christ, We know that the apostle John was exiled for his faith late in life (Revelation 1:9). The Bible does not give us details on how the apostle John died, but tradition gives us a few theories. The most plausible theory of John’s death states that John was arrested in Ephesus and faced martyrdom when his enemies threw him in a huge basin of boiling oil. However, according to the tradition, John was miraculously delivered from death. The authorities then sentenced John to slave labor in the mines of Patmos. On this island in the southern part of the Aegean Sea, John had a vision of Jesus Christ and wrote the prophetic book of Revelation. The apostle John was later freed, possibly due to old age, and he returned to what is now Turkey. He died as an old man sometime after AD 98, the only apostle to die peacefully.

So Who Are the Sons of Thunder?

My hope is that we would become brothers who would encourage one another to be Holy. Me who would be light in the darkness, gathering others by advancing the Gospel through the Great Commission.
That we would make our voices heard. Speaking truth in love and acting in righteous deeds.
Just as the mountain shook at the sound of thunder when the LORD spoke causing Israel to tremble in fear and awe of the LORD, so too must we act as Disciples of Christ.
I can't help but think of nature when this comes up. Lightning strikes and then the thunder sounds.
Yeshua, the Light of the world has come first and now it is time for us, the Sons of Thunder to make some noise!
I would love to hear your thoughts.