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The Fixer & Closer Mark Jackson
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Editor’s Letter
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The Fixer & The Closer
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The Influential Giant
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From Gridiron To Gospel
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Taking Learning To A New Level
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Leadership Is Now!
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Honoring Great Men Of Faith
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Greetings and salutations! I would like to express my genuine appreciation of you, your passionate vision and entrepreneurial spirit. By obtaining our magazine you’ve identified yourself as one of the elite men of God that desires to promote the Kingdom of God in business, leadership and your personal life. You Meir recognition and that’s the reason for publishing The UncomMAN magazine. This is a digital magazine that impacts a generation of men with uncertainties in life’s well as youth at risk to strive for excellence and view God’s intent for man. Our focus is FAITH, FAMILY, SPORTS, MARKETPLACE & COMMUNITY. Providing the view of a true, successful Christian man who doesn’t compromise his values is needed in retrospect to what is depicted in the world today. Our objective with this platform is to highlight Christian men doing uncommon things in an uncommon way contrary to the world’s common way of doing things. Uncommon is rare, out of the ordinary, unusual and unconventional. Today in the USA we have experienced a major reset since 2020 that has impacted our youth tremendously. Morally things are terrible. Forty percent of children are born in the world without their biological parents caring for them. Sixty-three percent of teen suicides are by children without fathers in the home and ninety percent of homeless and runaways are from fatherless homes. This is becoming common and it takes a spiritual and moral attitude to aid in saving our children. Seeing a true role-model is seeing a father involved in his child(rens) lives. Let them see you in taking the initiative to make them great and or a royal priesthood. It takes more than being good, it requires being Godly. Influentially,
Dr. Brandy F. Gibson
Editor-In-Chief The UncomMAN Magazine & 7figure$ Christian Women Magazine
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From Gridiron To Gospel Roman Gabrielle, III
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oman Gabrielle, III is the son of an icon, his father Roman Gabriel became the first Filipino-American quarterback in the NFL. The best years of this iconic figure was in the 1960s and early 1970s. As most boys would do, Roman, III wanted to be like his father. Those were some pretty big shoes to fill. The legendary player spent eleven seasons with the Los Angels Rams and his last five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. While in high school he met Suzanne Horton while playing football and being challenged with asthma. Roman’s dad became the number two pick in the 1962 draft. His father and mother had three sons Roman, III, and Ram Allen and Rory Jay Gabriel. His football career meant being away from home quite a bit. His closest relationship with his children was with Roman Gabriel, III who wanted to play football like his dad. He played pro football for the Oakland Raiders until a neck injury ended his NFL dreams, yet God had bigger dreams for him. Roman, III is a Christian radio host, motivational speaker, and evangelist. He’s President of Sold Out Ministries and a member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Boone, North Carolina.. His ministry focuses on using the Super Bowl week to propagate the Gospel by interviewing NFL payers about their faith. Whenever he speaks his name demands attention because of the recognition of his father’s career. Yet, Roman, III stands on his own impacting the world with his heartfelt ministry to youth.
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He’s spoke to thousands of middle and high school students on staying drug and alcohol free as a motivational speaker. He also is host of Sports Talk, a radio program on American Family Radio which is syndicated across 200 cities. Roman, III uses technology in his ministry from the Gridiron to the Gospel. He admits his childhood was definitely out of the norm. His life was always engulfed by by a professional football environment. All of Roman, III upbringing from a child until he graduated from high school was filled with his father’s impeccable career. His family life was engulfed with the media. It wasn’t until his parents divorced that Roman, III felt a deeper need for Jesus. He tried throwing himself into filling the void by playing football where he felt comfortable. Yet, after practice and games were over he felt ,the frustration, anger and pain of the divorce of his parents. He had lost all joy. No mattered what he accomplished in life he had a major void within him and needed the pain to go away and only Jesus could do it. It was at a Billy Graham Crusade with his Pop Warner football team at the age of nine he realized God wanted hi to have a personal relationship with Him by trusting Him as his Savior. Four years thereafter it happened, I accepted Jesus as My personal Savior at a church youth retreat. This was quite a time for Roman, III yet he didn’t really understand fully what this all meant until his college years and two of his teammates explained and shared with him. It was then that he made a commitment to Christ Jesus on and off the field. This was and is the best decision of his life. It was during this time God prepared him for football and eventually a full time ministry career.
The life experiences of peaks and valleys gave him insight to sharing the Gospel with passion, intensity and clarity. Today, he ministers to high school and adult football players. He teaches football skills and life principles from the bible that’s straight forward and challenging. He ministers everywhere, conferences, Sunday morning services, youth, banquets, outreaches, , men’s events. For 18 years he has covered the annual Super Bowl through his television show “Sold Out” with streaming video and video updates posted on his website. His stories include testimonies from players on the two competing teams, from coaches, and from past champions.
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Part of Roman, III’s work is to enlist professional players to join him in modeling Biblical values to young aspiring athletes. He says, “I am grateful to God for the privilege to challenge church leadership, men’s ministry, youth, and family with the most powerful message in the world – the Gospel!” His life’s verse is Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans that I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, so that you might have a future and a hope.” For engagements visit his website www.soldouttv.com, his Facebook Page: Roamn Gabriel, III Fan Page and/or connect with him on Twitter: romangabrielle3rd. His email is roman@soldouttv.com or call (910) 431.6483
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