New Man Magazine

''New Man'' was a prominent American Christian lifestyle men's magazine, founded in 1994, and becoming an online publication in 2008. Its stated purpose is "Helping men to develop Christ-centered perspectives that will transform their lives, their families and their worlds.".New Man eMagazine Writer/Publicist Guidelines
/ref> For the first three years of its existence, it was the official magazine of the Promise Keepers movement.

Print history

, the publisher of '' Charisma'' magazine since 1975, was an early supporter of Promise Keepers, promoting it in the magazine. ''Charisma'' at the time had a circulation of approximately 100,000. In 1994, he made an agreement with Promise Keepers to publish ''New Man'' as the movement's official magazine, and began publishing the glossy bi-monthly 105 days later. By 1995, ''New Man'' circulation was reported at approximately 500,000 (though Strang remembers a height of 400,000 and eight issues per year)."The Promise Keepers are on the road to stardom"
by Sara Diamond, ''Z Magazine'', December 1995. Archived by the Internet Archive."Profile: Promise Keepers"
IFAS ''Freedom Writer'', September 1995 Members of the editorial advisory board included church leaders Jack W. Hayford and Wellington Boone. In April 1997, when ''New Man'' stopped being the official magazine of Promise Keepers, it had a circulation of 330,000."News Briefs"
''Christianity Today'', April 28, 1997.

''New Man'' subscribers were mostly educated married men. 65% had a college degree, and their median income was $83,600 (40% higher than the U.S. male average income). Over 90% held a position in their church."New Man Magazine - #1 Christian Magazine for MEN Mailing List"
NextMark, February 20, 2009."Strang Communications New Man Magazine"
Conrad Direct Subscribers were distributed throughout the regions of the United States, and in Canada."New Man Magazine Region Coverage"
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Move online

In January 2008, Strang Communications stopped printing ''New Man'', along with its sister publication, ''SpiritLed Woman'', on paper, and made them online-only publications. At the time, ''New Man'' was printing 100,000 copies of six issues a year, with about 80,000 paid subscribers. Commenting on the move, Stephen Strang said, "the men’s movement isn’t what it used to be, and the Internet was hardly around when we started New Man. Now it’s the wave of the future."
Ted Olson, Strang Communications press release, ''Christianity Today'' liveblog, October 26, 2007."News Briefs"
''Christianity Today'', January 19, 2008. ''New Man'' is now published weekly on the Internet as an eMagazine.

Huckabee endorsement

The July/August 2007 issue of ''New Man'' featured former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee on its cover, and endorsed his 2008 run for president, as did an accompanying editorial in Strang's '' Charisma'' magazine. The ''New Man'' editorial called Huckabee "one of our own", and urged 1000 readers to each contribute $1000 to the then cash-strapped campaign."Let's Support Huckabee"
by Stephen Strang, ''New Man'', July/August 2007. The ''American Prospect'' stated this was Huckabee's most prominent Christian right endorsement to this point, and connected it to Huckabee's strong second place showing in the Iowa Straw Poll."The Christian Right's New Man"
by Sarah Posner, '' The American Prospect'' August 16, 2007. The ''New Man'' Huckabee endorsement was also credited for contributing to Huckabee's support by '' The New York Times'' and Huckabee himself."Huckabee vs. Michael Moore"
by Michael Falcone, July 11, 2007, '' The New York Times'',"In an Unlikely Part of the Country, a Tiny Huckabee Movement Is Born"
by Peter Applebome, '' The New York Times'', January 6, 2008]"How New Man Readers Helped Create the Hucka-BOOM"
Stephen Strang, ''New Man'', January 3, 2008. Film star Chuck Norris cited the ''New Man'' endorsement in his decision to endorse and work for Huckabee's campaign.Transcript
Glenn Beck, January 28, 2008, CNN.

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