Central Kansas Dream Center, 2100 Broadway Ave., will host “The Mandate Men’s Conference” Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2. 

Doors open at 6 p.m. Friday with the program starting at 7 p.m.

On Saturday, doors open at 8 a.m. and programming is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A free lunch will be provided Saturday.

Speakers will be Spencer Lindsay, David Whitlock and Rob Schmutz.

Participants will learn about the Men’s Program at the Dream Center. It is a six to 24 month discipleship program for men dealing with life-controlling issues such as, but not limited to, abandonment, rejection, grief, trauma, addictions and other identity issues. 

Whitlock, CKDC program manager, and Lindsey, founder of Crossroads Restoration Inc. and Working Men of Christ (WMOC), will lead a round table discussion with question and answer time with a couple of the disciples from the Dream Center.

About the speakers

Rob Schmutz

Originally from Abilene, Schmutz is a traveling evangelist and is credentialed through the Church of The Nazarene. As an evangelist, he has a passion for sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and helping people find faith, hope, healing and deliverance through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and a life surrendered completely to God’s Holy Spirit. As a pastor and evangelist with more than 30 years of ministry experience, Schmutz also consults with pastors, church planters, and congregations regarding local church growth, renewal and revitalization possibilities, and works with pastors, churches and communities in local evangelistic outreach missions and activities.

He has been a licensed Pastor with The Church of The Nazarene since July of 2015 and an ordained elder and a registered evangelist in the Church of the Nazarene since July of 2016.

Rob and his wife Angel live with their family in rural Reno county.

David Whitlock

Whitlock is the Men’s Program manager and classroom teacher at The Central Kansas Dream Center. He was born here in Great Bend but spent his life running from the call of God. In 2019 after an emergency room visit for a heart attack, he knew with everything he had done in his life, if he didn’t change, he would die and would not be in heaven. 

“As an alumnus of the CKDC, I have experienced and once suffered life controlling issues,” he says. “But with God’s never-ending grace, forgiveness and healing, I have overcome! Now, I am honored to lead others who are needing help and willing to discover God and His purpose for their lives.”

Spencer Lindsey

Lindsey’s world radically changed at age 9 when his mother was taken from him because of cancer.

He started getting in trouble with small things and that grew to larger things. He wanted family so badly, he became a lieutenant in a clique. He started selling cocaine, but in doing so, he became a serious crack addict and a repeat offender.

But there was a calling on Lindsey’s life. In 1992, he had a born-again experience when he accepted Jesus Christ in jail. It was the beginning of change for him, but he still had the same mind set, soul wounds, and broken feelings. 

Seventeen years later, on his fifth time back to prison, the Holy Spirit enlightened him to the passage in Romans 12:2: “but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” He made a conscious decision to renew his mind through the Word of God.

Today, Working Men of Christ has over 2,100 inmates enrolled in Lindsey’s correspondence courses.

They have four discipleship homes in four different cities in Kansas. He is a head chaplain at the Shawnee County Detention Center and is a mentor for the Kansas Department of Corrections. He co-authored “Nuggets of God by 12 Ex-Felons.”

Lindsey founded Crossroads Restoration Inc. in 2021 and has several outreaches.

If you want to go

Sponsors ask that participants preregister so they will have a headcount for lunch. Call 620-282-4014 or go to the website centralksdreamcenter.org.

The programs and meal are provided at no cost. A freewill offering will be taken for Moment of Grace, a pro-life service at the Dream  Center that offers free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, prenatal vitamins, post-abortion trauma education, and baby clothes and supplies.