About Our Ministry
Curtis Brown
Dr. Curtis Brown has been a family practice doctor in Yukon, Oklahoma, for over 30 years. He and his wife Kathy have been married for 35 years and have four adult children and four beautiful grandchildren (and counting!).
Curtis is an avid outdoor enthusiast and feels closest to God when experiencing His creation. He is into exercise and has run several marathons and half-marathons. He also loves to chase quail with his bird dogs in western Oklahoma.
Curtis and Kathy are members of Council Road Baptist Church. He is passionate about the men’s ministry and believes that a lot of our societal problems are because men have failed to live out their divine purpose. He has founded and is leading the Man Up Ministry at his church. He is an avid reader and is a continuous learner.
His goal is to encourage men to find and live out their divine purpose by helping connect them with God and other men on their journey.
Aaron Hanzel
Aaron was born in Texas, and grew up there until he was 12 when his family moved overseas as missionaries to Central Asia. He moved back to the states to attend college and pursue his passion for filmmaking. He graduated in 2018 with a degree in Digital Cinema Production. He and his wife live in OKC where he works full time as a professional videographer. They both serve in their church and are involved in several local ministries.helping connect them with God and other men on their journey.
Website: https://www.fireside-video.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/firesidevideo/
Man Up Podcast
The Man Up podcast hopes to encourage men to connect with God and with other men. Our podcast will cover a range of topics that are relevant to our day and to the heart of man. It is the hosts’ desire to help men find and live out their divine purpose in life. We believe that all men and women are created in His Image and that our ultimate example is the Messiah. We hope you are encouraged to live a godly masculine life.