What is Broken Strength?


We are a coalition of like-minded Christian individuals and churches who stand together for sexual purity by providing resources and training for churches in pursuit of holiness.

Our mission is to glorify God by leading men in the Path to Purity through the Power of His Word and Accountability to other men.

Our vision is to purify the bride of Christ, one church at a time.

 

Board of Directors

We believe purity ministries are best conducted in the context of the local church. Each of our board members are committed to the cause of purity for men and are active members of their local congregations.

Our corporate prayer is that God would use Broken Strength (and other purity minstries) to set free thousands of men for His glory and the good of their families.

Paul Klassen
Executive Director

Becky and I have been married for 34 years. We have 6 children and 2 grandchildren. After moving to Minnesota in 2007 in order to church plant through the Evangelical Free Church of America, I pastored Birch Hills Community Church from 2010 until April, 2023. In June, 2023 I started as Executive Director of Broken Strength after my church board, the Broken Strength board, and Becky and I prayerfully considered this significant transition.

I’m involved in this ministry for many reasons, but mainly because the local church needs to hear about, witness, and experience the life-changing power of the forgiveness and redemption each man (and woman and child) can have in the area of their own sexual integrity.

 

Doug Hanson
Board Member

My wife Linda and I have been married for forty six years. We have four married son’s and they are all married. We have four beautiful grand daughters and one grand son. We live in Elk River Minnesota. I have been with Broken Strength since the beginning of the ministry. We started by reaching out to two or three churches in a year but have grown steadily since that time.

I believe that the model of Broken Strength of reaching out to men in truth to expose the sexual sin and help them overcome it in love so that they can have victory is the way to freedom. That is why I am involved in this work.

Joe Smith
Founder & Board Chairman

Lynda and I have been married 55 years. Daughter Tanya Grosz and her family of 2 daughters living in New Brighton. Son Brian and his family of 2 sons living in Maple Grove. I believe that many men struggle with the desires of the flesh, which has been exploited by the enemy, and exploded through the internet with access to pornography.

I have found that too few churches are really addressing this issue, thus a need for a men's ministry that comes alongside the local church to help them help their men battle for purity and holiness. Helping men has the added benefit of greatly helping their family as well as the local church. We are always stronger - and safer - together.

 

Ryan Lindgren
Board Member

I have been married to my beautiful wife Deanna for 26 years. We have three grown children and make our home in Willmar, MN. I joined the board of Broken Strength in 2024. I am involved in Men's ministry at my local church and have a passion for encouraging Christian men to experience and believe in God's power to change hearts and have victory over sexual sin. I support and unite with Broken Strength to help bring churches and men together in loving fellowship to foster sexual purity.

Mark Mooney
Board Member

Tracy and I have been married for 26+ years and have no children. We have resided in Rogers, MN since 2000 and been long time attenders of New Hope Church in New Hope, MN. I joined the Broken Strength ministry since it's inception and was drawn

to the ministry through my own struggles with sexual sin. The Lord has used this ministry to enrich my relationship with Him along with my wife and I've enjoyed seeing this ministry do the same for many married/single men over the past few years.

Broken Strength ministry comes alongside the local church and their men's groups to help provide effective materials/support that encourage repentance, accountability and fellowship growth which helps men to walk in sexual purity. I'm very thankful and blessed to be part of the Broken Strength ministry.

Tom Hallberg
Board Member

My name is Tom Hallberg. I am married and live in Forest Lake with my wife Kathy. Having once lived in bondage to sexual sin, I am also a divorced father of three adult children who, along with their mother, have been deeply hurt by my past behavior.

By God’s Amazing Grace, in 2016, I felt a change of heart – metanoia, one might say. No longer was I a “bad person, undeserving of good things”, for I had discovered my true identity by His resurrection. The Holy Spirit has led me along new and exciting "Paths of Purpose," one of which leads to Broken Strength and its fellowship of support, accountability, and encouragement.

Along our way, Kathy and I enjoy outdoor activities, cooking, music, and dancing. I also enjoy singing, watching soccer matches, and my work as an investment advisor. My favorite bible verse (Psalm 46:10) reminds me when I remember to listen for it, is: “Be still, and know that I am God;”

 

We Believe

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  • The Bible is God’s Word, without error, and the final authority for our lives.

  • God is the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

  • Jesus Christ is God’s Son, born of the Virgin Mary, and that He died on the cross for our sins.

  • Every person is separated from God because of sin and needs the Savior, Jesus Christ.

  • God saves us by His grace and not by our works.

  • All who have received Christ by faith make up the Church and the Church is God’s family, the Bride of Christ.

  • Marriage is God’s gift to humans and was designed by Him to be between one man and one woman.

  • God created men and women to uniquely complement one another in their roles.

  • The Holy Spirit lives within all who have received Jesus Christ by faith and that He empowers them to live according to God’s Word.

  • The chief end of man is to glorify God in all that he does, and the chief end of Broken Strength - A Path to Purity is to cooperate with the work of the Holy Spirit to bring glory to God in every aspect of our ministry.