Brian Tome

A note from Brian

Life is an accumulation of choices that form character. The weightier our character, the weightier the mark we will leave on the world. Hold together a marriage for decades, raise some kids who actually like you, add value to people in business, live through crises with integrity, take punches and get back up. The influence you can have through your choices is significant. Being a team player is one of the marks of a man. Along with the team around me, here are some things on my scoreboard.

Married to my wife for over 30 years
Father to three kids and grandfather to one
Founder and leader of Crossroads, the third largest and fastest-growing church in the country (Outreach, 2017)
CityLink Center, a non-profit that helps people break out of generational poverty

The largest privately-funded AIDS hospice in South Africa
OCEAN, the first faith-based business accelerator
Miami University Entrepreneurs Advisory Board
Award-winning custom motorcycle builder
Entrepreneur
Author

Books by Brian

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The Five Marks of a Man

Pastor Brian Tome challenges men who find themselves at a pressure point—relationally, occupationally, emotionally, or spiritually—to rise to the level of manhood God intended, one defined by strength, purpose, and a code of honor.

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Welcome to the Revolution

A bold, honest, humorous guide to joining the ever-advancing Kingdom of God."The Revolution," as Tome calls the Christian life, is already underway, and while it is both exhilarating and fulfilling, it's challenging and confusing at times. This book will guide the reader from the basics (navigatingthrough Christian kitsch at the bookstore) to the practical (Bible reading and building community) to the profound (concepts of forgiveness and using imagination in prayer).

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Free Book

Maybe you're not as free as you think you are. Even worse, you may have been duped into believing that a "balanced" life is the key to happiness (it isn't) or that a relationship with God is about layering on rules and restrictions (nope).

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Five Marks

How a Book is Changing Lives in Jail

When Brian heard a local judge was giving out copies of his book to juveniles because it guides them to make good choices, he went to visit this teen in jail. Brian was his first and only visitor in two years.

A Fraternity Stepping into Manhood

Brian visits the Sigma Chi Fraternity at The University of Cincinnati to teach from his new book.

Andy Dalton Off the Field

Brian sat down with Andy Dalton, quarterback of the Cincinnati Bengals, to talk about faith, family, and football.

THE FIVE MARKS OF A MAN PODCAST

Every great man in the history of the world has shared five key characteristics. Join Brian for an unfiltered conversation about what makes a man a man.

Articles

WHY I'LL INVEST IN EXPERIENCES OVER THINGS

My wife just celebrated a birthday, and I decided rather than go the usual course of lululemon or a piece of jewelry, we would make a memory by surprising her with a trip to NYC...

THE MOST POWERFUL THING A MAN CAN DO

I’ve been a father for 27 years. The day my first child was born was amazing, partly because I was laying eyes on the first DNA relative I’ve ever known. (I was adopted at birth.)...

GOOD AMBITION IS A GOOD THING

“If your ambition is to leave a legacy, your legacy will be ambition.” Rich Mullins Rich Mullins was a popular Christian recording artist in the 80’s and 90’s who spoke for that...

OUR CULTURE OF ABUSIVE MEN

As stories of men behaving badly continue to roll in, we can no longer only ask what is wrong with the accused individual. This isn’t a story about an individual...

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About Brian Tome

Brian Tome is senior pastor of Crossroads Church, the fourth largest and fastest growing church in America (Outreach Magazine, 2017). Crossroads is actively engaged in combating poverty, building homes for girls rescued from sex slavery, and bringing together entrepreneurs to start the first faith-based business accelerator. Brian has authored three books, including his recent best-seller The Five Marks of a Man. An avid adventure motorcyclist, Brian rides tens of thousands of miles and camps more than 30 nights a year. He is married with three children and lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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