Come out and join us for our weekly Men's Club gatherings held at both the Reidsville Area Command (704 Barnes St., Reidsville) and the Eden Corps (314 Morgan Rd., Eden)! The Reidsville Area Command Men's Club starts at 7:15 p.m. following the Wednesday night dinner and Bible Study. The Eden Corps Men's Club is held every Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.
About the Men's Fellowship Club
The Men's Fellowship Club movement was founded in 1946. Before that time there had been various men's groups but no organized men's movement. In such Corps as Greenville, SC and in Kinston, NC, a need was felt for an effective program for reaching men with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. During the early days of the formation of the Club, the suggestion of a logo was made, and one of the groups from Kinston, NC, said he had seen a picture of two men's hands crossed, and with that, Captain Alfred Cheney drew a picture freehand of a pair of men's hands clasped together with a circle around it. And then in the circle he wrote, "The Salvation Army: Men's Fellowship Club"...the logo was born.
From the beginning, the emphasis was on service. Some groups collected and repaired toys for poor children, drilled and rigged fresh water wells, etc. The first Divisional Men's Fellowship Camp took place in 1950 where services were held in tents, and the men cooked their own meals. By the end of that year, the Territory claimed 985 members. By the end of 1981 there were 736 clubs nationally with a membership of 9,776. In 2005 the club had 970 clubs with 12,810 memberships.
The program has a threefold purpose:
1. Evangelism: Reaching men for Christ
2. Fellowship: Sharing in worship, social life, education and recreation
3. Service: Providing the satisfaction of making a contribution to the work of the Kingdom