2001 Vision New England Men’s Ministries develops and offers two identical One-Day Men’s Conferences to New England churches. These conferences have main sessions with worship and national speakers as well as a variety of equipping seminars designed specifically for men. Conference title is “Light in the Darkness”.
2002
Two new conferences with a change in theme to “Men of Honor”.
2003 Conference theme changes to “IRON SHARPENS
IRON” and begins to utilize national presenters with expertise
in ministry to men.
2004 It is decided to keep the ‘Iron Sharpens Iron’ conference theme. Two full day conferences and three half-day conferences are offered.
2005 Third year in row for the Iron Sharpens Iron conference theme. All four conferences are full day events with sixteen seminars.
2006 Iron Sharpens Iron is now in its fourth year plans are underway to build a national network of conferences for 2007.
2007Regional Ministries across the nation collaborate to
develop a National Conference Network using the conference
model that began in New England. Twenty-four
conference cities host an IRON SHARPENS IRON One- Day Men’s Conference with more to come in 2008.
2008-2010In 2008,sixteen different ministries hosted a total of thirty-six of these one-day equipping conferences as a resource for churches in their region.Twenty-one different regional men’s ministries host forty-nine Iron Sharpens Iron Men’s Conferences with plans to expand in 2011.