Welcome to Character That Counts
Featured Products
Character That Counts: Who's Counting Yours? with Discussion Guide
Re-released in July 2012 with new content, this study guide includes a section for small group, married couples and personal devotions.
Life in View of Eternity
Designed to teach character qualities to teens and adults, but can also be utilized personally as well.
Character Counts for Quiet Time and Small Groups, Volume 3
Released in 2004. The purpose of this book is to identify 16 additional character qualities that will make a winning difference in your life. Designed just like Volume 1 2. Character qualities include...
Wolves Can't Fly (by Dan Meers)
You will be encouraged and inspired by Dan Meers' ("KC Wolf") remarkable story which includes his 25-year career as an NFL mascot.
Mascot On A Mission (by Dan Meers)
AVAILABLE December 1, 2019
Team Workouts on Character, Vol. 1 (of 9)
Team Workouts on Character, Vol. 1
Team Workouts on Character, Vol. 2 (of 9)
Team Workouts on Character, Vol. 2
100%: Team Studies on Character
Released in 2020. 16 character lessons in each book designed specifically to take your team from the opening practice all the way to the year-end banquet. These lessons include various sports illustra...
What's Happening at Character That Counts
New Character That Counts Web Site!
We are excited to have our new web site online! Be sure to check out the updated schedule, ministry resources, products and gift donations to all the different CTC ministries.
Plus, we can now process credit card orders for your purchases. If you have an order exceeding $100, call our office for quantity discount pricing.
Excellence in Giving
We just earned the Excellence in Giving Transparency Certificate by submitting 175 strategy, leadership, financial, and impact data to @NonprofitAnalytics. Review our cost-effectiveness at link below!!
2022 Event Schedule
Check out where Rod, Dan, Greg, Tim, Bill, Patricia and the rest of the CTC staff is speaking!!
For those who receive our CTC/TGIW Spring Newsletter, it arrived in your mailbox in late March/early April 2022. Look for information on two new books (Team Workouts on Character, Book 1 & 2), plus more updates!! (NOTE: This might be our final edition...details inside of the newsletter).
Character That Counts YouTube Channel
Check out a brand new YouTube Channel (effective April 1, 2020) with TGIW lessons and notes. As of August 5, there are 301 subscribers.
There are also three special sessions you can view on the YouTube Channel:
1) On February 3, 2022, Rod Handley shares his story with The Fellowship--Seattle Chapter.
2) On February 10, 2022, Sherman Smith shares his story with The Fellowship--Seattle Chapter.
3) On March 16, 2022, Rod Handley & Damion Cooper spoke at the 60th Annual Kansas Prayer Breakfast.
Sherman & Sharon Smith
We are thrilled to have Sherman & Sharon Smith with us here in Kansas City between September 19-22, 2022. The Smith's story is seen in the movie "SHOW ME THE FATHER." Please join us for any of the following events:
**Monday, September 19 -- Abundant Life Church (Lee's Summit, MO) 6:30 optional movie segment--7:00 p.m. Sherman & Sharon
**Tuesday, September 20 -- TGIW--Lee's Summit @ Lee's Summit Community Church (Lee's Summit, MO) 6:30 - 7:30 a.m.
**Wednesday, September 21 -- TGIW--Lee's Summit @ The New Stanley Event Space (Lee's Summit, MO) 6:30 - 7:30 a.m.
**Wednesday, September 21 -- FBC-Blue Springs (Independence, MO) 6:30 p.m. Optional movie segment 7:00 p.m. Sherman & Sharon
**Thursday, September 22 -- 20th Annual Golf Tournament (Raymore, MO) -- You must be a sponsor, golfer or volunteer to be part of this event
DVD copies of "SHOW ME THE FATHER" will be available for $20 per copy at each of these events.
TGIW--Lee's Summit ZOOM Meetings & YouTube Page
Due to COVID-19, we began meeting via ZOOM on March 25, 2020 for TGIW--Lee's Summit. All 123 ZOOM lessons, plus outline notes, can now be found on our YouTube page. Please go their through the link below and become one of our subscribers.
Lessons posted for CTC Staff Members:
Rod Handley (7 Signs/Miracles July - Dec 2020; MoMENtum--Jan 2021 - Dec 2021; Identity--Current)
Greg Griffin (2 Peter June 2020 - Mar 2021; Philippians Aug 2021 - Present)
Damion Cooper (7/15/20; 3/21/21; 7/20/21; 8/25/21; 12/1/21; 2/2/22; 3/2/22; 5/18/22)
Dr. Dan Gerdes (8/5/20; 1/21/21; 4/28/21)
Glen Nash (10/20/21; 3/16/22)
Tim Truesdale (6/24/20)
Dalton Vann (6/30/21)
Other Speakers (in alphabetical order):
Mike Bayly (1/28/21)
Eric Boles (5/6/20)
Ron Brown (4/22/20)
Joe Calhoon (6/3/20; 6/2/21)
Paul Coffman (12/30/21)
Mark Denison (6/1/22)
Dustin Doll (11/11/20)
Charles Graham (8/26/20)
Jake Handley (12/29/21)
Bill Hildebrand (2/17/21; 5/5/21; 4/20/22)
Evan Lange (9/16/20; 3/10/21; 2/16/22)
Jeff Kemp (5/13/20)
Scotty Kessler (5/27/20)
Jon Kitna (5/13/20)
Dan Meers (12/22/21)
Brian Phillips (7/14/21)
Jim Ramos (9/29/21)
Tass Saada (10/7/20; 11/4/20)
Byron Shepherd (7/28/21; 6/29/22)
Lance Spencer (9/1/21)
Scott Stanger (8/12/20; 12/23/20; 2/24/21; 6/23/21; 1/19/22)
Cory Stout (4/27/22; 7/13/22)
Mike Sweeney (5/20/20)
Team Jesus (7/29/20; 10/28/20; 3/3/21; 10/27/21; 1/26/22; 7/21/22)
Trace Thurlby (4/15/20; 8/4/21; 3/23/22)
Terry Towles (6/9/21)
Clay Withers (12/2/20; 4/14/21; 11/17/21; 3/30/22)
TGIW/CTC/PMM 20th Annual Golf Tournament - September 22, 2022
2022 Special Speaker: Sherman Smith (SHOW ME THE FATHER), NFL player & coach
Creekmoor Golf Course; Raymore, MO
Lunch catered by Chick-fil-A
Pricing information and schedule is the same as 2021
2021 Special Speaker: Damion Cooper (Collektive Company)
Lunch catered by Chick-fil-A
Creekmoor Golf Course - Raymore, MO
In 2021, we had 96 golfers (24 foursomes) and 27 sponsors.
Here are our 27 sponsors:
*Triune Financial Partners (GOLD)
*Beyond Wealth Advisors (GOLD)
*Chris Bell Insurance (SILVER)
*Insurance One Moyer & Moyer (SILVER)
*Schnick Construction, Inc. (SILVER)
*United Heating & Cooling & Plumbing (SILVER)
*Compass Wealth Management (BRONZE)
*Fender Family Dentistry (BRONZE)
*Orthosport Rehabilitation (BRONZE)
*Raymond James Financial Services (BRONZE)
*Reed Automotive Group (BRONZE)
*Stinson (BRONZE)
*Tom & Kari Lipscomb (BRONZE)
*Advocare (HOLE)
*Barnabas Group (HOLE)
*Boundless (HOLE)
*B-21 Realty (HOLE)
*Chick-fil-A (HOLE)
*Foster Marketing Group (HOLE)
*God's Bucket Brigade (HOLE)
*Metcalf Auto Plaza (HOLE)
*Stewardship Capital (HOLE)
*The HR Office (HOLE)
*Wilkinson Family Dentistry (HOLE)
*Friends of the Ministry (3 Anonymous Givers)
Featured Ministry Links
Bible Gateway Scripture Search
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Teaching God's Infinite Wisdom
Join a growing community of men around the country that are seeking for God's wisdom in their lives on a consistent basis.
The National Coalition of Ministries to Men
The National Coalition of Men's Ministries (NCMM) is a network of parachurch / servant ministries and denominational men's ministries representing over half of the churches in America.