Resources

Study Guide

"Building Brotherhood"

Achieving High Performance Friendship, "Building Brotherhood", two 5-week studies titled "Achieving High Performance Friendship" and "Friends Helping Friends Grow in Christ".   Sample of the study guide is available on Amazon.


Available for Kindle on Amazon  


Videos

"Sacred Trust"
Jim and John are both members of the Theta Chi fraternity which is on 150 campuses in the United States.   The “Sacred Trust” involves being aware of one another, helping one another and elevating one another to a higher maturity.  Jim had the privilege of speaking to and training the 150 Vice-presidents of Health and Safety who are commissioned to help build and lead this kind of atmosphere in the individual fraternities across the country.  Jim based his presentations on the quotes we have listed and discussed in the book.
Jim’s Presentation - click here to view
Jim’s Video Part 1 - click here to watch
Jim’s Video Part 2 - click here to watch
Jim’s Video Part 3 - click here to watch
Jim’s Video Part 4 - click here to watch


“The Five Levels of Friendship”
This is a 30-minute presentation by John Vawter speaking at Man Church.  Click here to watch.

“Jesus is the Model for Friendship”
This is a 20 minute talk by John Vawter. It is followed by a brief audio presentation by four of John’s friends as they reflect on a friendship that has lasted for almost 40 years. Click here to watch.

Printed Material

Conference Talks
We want to share the outlines we have used in conferences, sermons and other presentations. Please feel free to download then, use them and improve them. (We only ask that you share your improvements with us so we can make those changes here.) These outlines are the ones we use as we speak so it is possible that not every point will be clear to the reader. Please feel free to ask us to clarify if you wish. We wish you all of God’s best as you feel free to use what we have found helpful to other men in achieving high performance friendships.  

To view, click title below.
Jesus is the model for friendships
The mark of a genuine friend
How to be a faithful friend
How to grow as a friend
The “TELL” of friendships
Friendship “CHECKS” 

Men’s Study Bible
Jim and John were privileged to be chosen as contributors to the National Coalition of Ministries to Men Study Bible. This project is co-sponsored by the American Bible Society--Good News Translation. Here are the four articles they have written for the project.  

To view, click title below.
Choose Your Friends Wisely
Jesus is the Model for Friendships
Helping My Friend Grow
Treating a Friend As Gold

Articles
“Friendship and Growing In Christ” 
An article by John Vawter.  Click here for the article.

Quotes
The book Achieving High Performance Friendship: A Book for Men has proven to be a terrific evangelistic tool.  It is easy to say to non-Christian men, “Would you be interested to see what Jesus Christ said about friendship and how He modeled friendship?”
For a look at the quotes in the book click here .

Other Resources

Radio Interviews
Dennis Rainey interviews Jim and John on FamilyLife’s national broadcast. To listen to the interviews, click below.
Day One
Day Two

A terrific 11-week study on the book
Greg English, Community Life Pastor at Palmcroft Baptist Church in Phoenix, AZ, has given permission for the study he developed on Achieving High Performance Friendship: A Book for Men to be made available to our visitors. 

Please feel free to use any of Greg’s material that will be useful to you.
Please download it here.