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ABOUT DAD TIRED

A community of men taking their faith, family, and marriage seriously.

Programs. Conferences. Community. Podcast. Books.
Constant reminder that stumbling towards spiritual leadership is okay.

Do you know you want to lead your family well… but you’re not sure how?

Are you seeking a community of fellow men that don’t just want to “watch the game”?

Do you want to commit to never, ever giving up — even when you’re exhausted ?

Are you open to process the deeper things with a community that understands?

Do you want actionable advice & faith-centered resources that you can actually apply to your life?

Are you dad tired and wanting to feel alive again?

Welcome, dad. We get it, and you’re in the right place.

Here’s how to get plugged in

JOIN THE COMMUNITY.

Meet like-minded men committed to their faith and families, and plug in online and/or in-person with people who get you.

Grow in YOUR LEADERSHIP.

Enroll in our online program designed to challenge you to go deeper in your faith, supported by your community.

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

Tune into our top-rated show, and join 7M+ listeners for conversations with guests like Tony Dungy, Gary Chapman, John Mark Comer, and Paul David Tripp.

READ THE BOOKS.

Learn what spiritual leadership looks like and then apply it to your own life through our best-selling books, devotionals, and Bible studies.

THE LEADERS BEHIND DAD TIRED

Jerrad Lopes

Founder, podcast host

JERRAD LOPES is a Christian author, speaker, and the founder of Dad Tired. As a father of four, he knows first-hand that living as a leader in your home is a weighty calling. He is passionate about equipping men and fostering community where, together, men can live out the gospel.


He and his wife Leila live in South Carolina with their four children.

Meet the rest of the Dad Tired team

Chris Hilken
Content Director & Podcast Co-Host

Kelsie Gould
Director of Operations

Susan Mazzella
Podcast Producer

Dan Novit
Technical Operations, Volunteer 

Devon Williams
Technical Director, Volunteer

Sam Singletary
Family Leadership Program Director & Volunteer

Roger Bodenstab
Family Leadership Program Volunteer

Raymond Basilio
Podcast & Video Editor

Casey Parker, Board Member

Aaron Bennett, Board Member

Dan Foster, Board Member

OUR VALUES

At Dad Tired, we value authenticity, community, simplicity, and, more importantly, a focus and commitment to the gospel.

We value the gospel.

+ We ask about the why not the what, because we know Jesus was about the heart.
+ Everything we create points back to Jesus.
+ Everything we create is Good News to men.
+ We are not shame based or a heavy burden for men to bear.
+ We remove checklists to help men fall in love with Jesus.

We value simplicity.

+ We use common language to point men back to Jesus.
+ We’d rather people reject the message of Jesus because it is hard, ​not because they don’t understand it.
+ Everything we do is geared to relate toward men.

We value community.

+ ​We strive to connect like-minded men in authentic community.
+ Our communities are groups of friends who remind each other of the gospel.

We value authenticity.

+ ​We freely confess our sins because our identity is not based on them.
+ We are more about being humble than having it all figured out.
+ We give the freedom to live unpolished lives.

OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH

  • ​We believe there is one true God who exists in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We believe that God is infinitely perfect and eternally existing. God is the Creator and Lord of the world who governs all things according to the purpose of his will. Because of who God is and what He has done, He is owed our trust, obedience, love, and worship. God is holy, just, and loves the world He created desiring for all people to come to saving faith in Jesus Christ.

  • ​We believe the Bible is the inspired and authoritative word of God to all people. We believe in the divine inspiration, truthfulness and authority of both Old and New Testament Scriptures in their entirety as the only written word of God, without error in all that it affirms, and the only infallible rule of faith and practice. We believe the Bible is the story of God's grace, power, and love for all people and not merely a collection of fables that teach life principles.

  • ​We believe that all people are created in the image of God, therefore they have inherent and equal dignity and worth. We believe that people were created to build their life and find their meaning in God. When people find their life and meaning in anything other than God, the result is sin. We believe every person has sinned, resulting in a broken relationship with God. This sin has corrupted every aspect of our human nature (physically, emotionally, and spiritually) leaving us guilty before a just and holy God and in need of a Savior to rescue us from alienation and punishment from and to restore our relationship with God.

  • ​We believe that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, and lived a sinless life in complete obedience to the Father. Jesus came to earth to reveal God to all people and restore the relationship between God and all people that was broken because of sin. He fulfilled his purpose by receiving the punishment we were owed for our sin against God. Through faith in his life, death, and resurrection we are declared righteous and justified by God, our relationship with God is restored by being adopted into God's family, and we receive the gift of eternal life with Him.

  • ​The Gospel is the good news that God, himself, has come to rescue and redeem all people. This was graciously accomplished through the sinless life, sacrificial death, and bodily resurrection of his Son, Jesus Christ. It is through faith in Jesus Christ that we can experience the forgiveness for our sins, receive righteousness, and be declared justified; opening the door for us to have a restored and renewed relationship with God, our Father. The salvation offered in this gospel message is received by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone; there is nothing we can do to earn our salvation. We believe the Gospel is the key to all doctrine and to our view of our lives in this world. We find the gospel is best summed up in the following quote by Timothy Keller, "We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope."

  • ​We believe the Holy Spirit is God's personal presence and the third person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is on a mission to bring glory to Jesus Christ, convict people of their sin and their need for saving faith in Jesus Christ. The Spirit resides within all people who have saving faith in Jesus Christ, providing them with spiritual life, bestowing spiritual gifts for the work of ministry, and helping them to become more like Christ. The Holy Spirit lovingly leads and empowers all believers for worship, service, and mission. The power of the Holy Spirit raised Jesus Christ from the grave and now that same Spirit indwells all believers.

  • ​We believe the church is made up of all people who have saving faith in Jesus Christ. It is explained through different word pictures found in the Bible. One is the “body of Christ” which describes our relationship to Christ as our head and how each person has a role in the church, another is “family” which describes how we see each other in light of all believers being adopted into the family of God. The church is not a building or event you attend regularly, rather it is the family of God who are sent as disciples by their Father out into the world to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ and work alongside the Holy Spirit to bring others to saving faith in Jesus Christ and to help them grow into disciples. Following the example of Jesus, we live as servants in the world. We care for one another, seek justice for the oppressed, and serve the poor. As Jesus served, so we too should serve.

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