"In my ministry, I want men to experience the healing and freedom that comes when you get real with yourself, with God, and with other men. That’s how we discover not only Whose we are, but the manhood we’re created for and the power to walk it out.”

In 1988, Gordon Dalbey's first book Healing the Masculine Soul pioneered the growing Christian men's movement, by calling men to a godly strength--neither the traditional violent, loner male nor the “counterculture” peace-and-love male. His unique focus has stirred men of all ages, races, and position. His groundbreaking 1991 Focus on the Family radio interviews drew a listener response in the top 10% of the show's history, and were re-broadcast in 1998 and 2003 as "classics."

Gordon's second book, Sons of the Father, offers healing for the father-wound, which cripples men today as husbands, fathers, workers, an friends.

Fight like a Man, his third and most recent book, shows how the unmet longing for Dad and a father’s manly guidance stirs deep shame in a man, and how Father God transforms us with His truth and grace into warriors for His Kingdom.

Conference Speaker and Author

A popular speaker at conferences and retreats, and on radio and TV shows, Gordon has ministered throughout the US and around the world in the UK, Australia, France, Switzerland and Hong Kong. A former news reporter (Charlotte, NC), Peace Corps Volunteer (Nigeria), high school teacher (San Francisco, Chicago), and pastor (Los Angeles), he holds an M.Div. from Harvard, an M.A. in journalism from Stanford, and a B.A. in mathematics from Duke.

Gordon’s articles have appeared in a wide variety of magazines and newspapers, including New Man, Focus on the Family, Leadership, The Priest, Los Angeles Times, Single Parent Family, and Reader’s Digest.

Gordon now divides his ministry time between writing, conference speaking, and a private practice in prayer ministry. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his wife and son.

“A number of years ago, at a point in my own journey when I felt more lost than ever, I heard a talk given by Gordon Dalbey, who had just written Healing the Masculine Soul. He raised the idea that despite a man’s past and the failures of his own father to initiate him, God could take him on that journey to provide what was missing. A hope arose within me.” (John Eldredge, Wild at Heart, p. 102.)

"We have had Gordon at our annual Praise Gathering in Indianapolis several times, and he his always on target. He's very sound intellectually and doctrinally. I would recommend him highly." (Bill Gaither, songwriter/singer/producer)

"In a word, the weekend has changed our congregation. I don't think those men, their families, or our church will ever be the same. Your leadership was sensitive to the Spirit, humble but persuasive, dynamic but Christ-Centered." (Rev. Alan Wright, Reynolda Presbyterian Church, Winston-Salem, NC)

"Gordon Dalbey's teaching on manhood has touched me deeper than any other. Listening to Gordon teaching at a men's retreat was like constant 'explosions of revelation'--'I'm not alone in that struggle!'...'There's really hope for change!'...'so that's why God designed things that way!' Hearing Gordon in person is an opportunity not to be missed by anyone who wants a deeper understanding of what it means to be a Christian man." (Brian Doerksen, pioneering songwriter/producer Come, Now Is the Time to Worship; Father’s House; You Shine)

"Gordon Dalbey is articulate, passionate, and knowledgeable. His engaging style enables him to speak powerfully to a wide variety of people--whether radio audience or church congregation." (Greg Cromartie, producer, "The Minirth-Meyer Program" radio)