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Week 1 — Awaken
The Calendar Reclamation
You protect the hours this journey requires, out loud, in front of him.
What's forming him
The Screen
A counter-formation running in his pocket, every day, whether or not you are in the room.
Raising Kings Presents
Your son doesn't just need a provider.
He needs a
king to follow.
The King Maker Method is a five-week system for fathers ready to build their sons on purpose — built on the book Raising Kings by Eric Newkirk.
- 90 Days
- A different son
- 9 Months
- A different family
- 9 Years
- A different man walks out your front door
01 The Stakes
Someone is already
raising your son.
Not because you don't love him. Because nobody told you there was a fight going on — and it's already underway, every time he opens his phone.
The years when a boy is deciding who he is are the same years most men are most distracted: building careers, managing stress, surviving. This was never a screen-time problem. It's a formation problem.
What's forming him
The Busy Years
The years he is most shapeable are the years you are most pulled away — career, stress, survival.
What's forming him
The Closing Window
The time you have with him is shorter than you think, and it is spending itself right now.
What's forming him
The Default
If you don't form him on purpose, someone — something — already has.
Raising Kings was written for the father who decides, before it's too late, that he will not be passive.
The line stops with you.
02 The Shift
You are not the manager.
You are the architect.
A manager asks, "How do I get him to behave?" An architect asks, "What kind of man am I building?" The King Maker Method exists to move you from one question to the other — in five focused weeks, with your son beside you, not in front of a screen.
There are two things a father leaves behind. What he leaves to his children — money, a house, a name on a will — can be gone in a single bad market. What he leaves in them — their picture of God, their definition of a man, their reflex when the world goes dark — outlives his gravestone by three hundred years.
Boys do not become men by instruction. They become men by walking with a man worth following.
03 The Path
Dad, give me five weeks.
Not five weeks of content. Five weeks is the door. Right now, something is discipling your son whether you show up or not. The only open question is whether you're in the room.
One phase per week. Three short videos. One real-world Crucible Challenge you complete together.
The five-week system · father and son
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Week 1 — Awaken
The Architect's Wake-Up Call
The brutal math of how little time is actually left, exactly who is already discipling your son, and the shift from managing behavior to building identity.
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Week 2 — Anchor
Identity Over Validation
Why nearly every downstream struggle — screens, isolation, anxiety — traces back to one root wound, and how to fix the root instead of chasing symptoms.
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Week 3 — Forge
Character Under Controlled Friction
Character isn't taught, it's built through resistance he's guided through, not rescued from — courage, failure, repair, and the humility of real strength.
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Week 4 — Release
Brotherhood and Capability
Who he walks with and what he can actually do with his hands — engineering real brotherhood and apprenticing him into real competence.
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Week 5 — Multiply
The Blessing and the Legacy
The single highest-leverage moment in the entire system — the spoken declaration every boy needs and almost none receive on purpose.
04 The Crucible Challenges
These aren't homework.
They're the mechanism.
One per week, done together, out in the world. Not homework — the actual mechanism of transformation.
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Week 2 — Anchor
The Sunrise Fire
A dawn outing where he builds a sustained fire from nothing, followed by one unhurried conversation about real strength.
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Week 3 — Forge
The Ruck & the Secret Service Project
Real physical difficulty, followed by an anonymous act of service with zero credit taken.
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Week 4 — Release
The Apprentice Build
A real project, designed and led by your son, with you beside him.
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Week 5 — Multiply
The King's Covenant Ceremony
You speak the blessing aloud, in front of men who matter, and present the signed Declaration.
05 The Daily Rhythm
This isn't five videos a week.
It's a daily rhythm.
Underneath the five modules is a simple, non-negotiable daily practice — installed in Week 1, running for all five weeks and beyond.
The Kitchen Table Covenant
15 Minutes a Morning
One chapter of Proverbs, read together, four mornings a week minimum. Ninety days in, he's read it three times and prayed ninety prayers over his own life.
The Proximity Principle
Presence Over Programs
Listen before you lecture. Stay composed when he brings you the terrifying thing. Repair fast when you blow it. And when he shares something big — that's the signal for a trip, not a talk.
06 What's Inside
Everything inside
The King Maker Method.
The five-week core system, plus the tools you'll actually reach for at 9pm when you need them.
- 01
The 5-Week Core System15 videos, 5 modules, 5 Crucible Challenges
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The Father's Field ManualPrintable
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Age-Tiered Conversation Scripts + The Blessing Bank
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The King's Covenant Ceremony Playbook
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The Son's CompanionA 7-day parallel devotional for your son
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The 10-Adventure Annual Blueprint
- 07
Private access to The King Maker Roundtable
No king rises alone.
07 The Movement
More than a book.
A rallying cry.
Raising Kings is building a movement of men who lead with sacrifice, father with intention, and build with eternity in mind.
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Identity
Know who you are and whose you are.
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Purpose
Live with intentionality and mission.
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Community
No king rises alone — brotherhood matters.
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Legacy
Build something that outlasts you.
08 The Book
The book came first.
Then the movement.
There is a crisis of kings. Men who were made to lead are retreating. Men built for legacy are living for comfort. Raising Kings is a prophetic declaration — and a practical road map — for every father willing to take the hill for his son.
Drawing from Scripture, hard-won experience, and the raw call on every man's heart, it charts the journey from passivity to purpose.
- Reclaiming your God-given identity as king, priest, and warrior
- Breaking the cycles of fatherlessness and generational compromise
- Practical frameworks for leading your home and your son
- The four pillars of a man's legacy
- Small-group discussion guide included
The world is not waiting for more successful men. It is dying for want of surrendered ones — men who know whose they are, what they carry, and why it matters. Kings don't take the throne. They grow into it. Chapter 3 — The Weight of the Crown
09 The Founder
He wasn't handed his strength.
He was forged into it.
Eric Newkirk has spent 27 years planting and leading churches, first in Northern Virginia and now outside Raleigh, North Carolina, where he is the founding Lead Pastor of Wellspring Church. He leads from the trenches, not a pedestal.
He has spent long nights in hospital rooms with his special-needs daughter and built churches from nothing but calling and grit. A Liberty University–trained pastor and the author of Stop the Hustle and Start the Wonder, he writes from the scars, not the sidelines.
Married to Laura since 1999, Eric is a father of four. His sons are stepping into manhood with strength and purpose, and their bond with their father is deep, intentional and thriving. That bond, and the battle to protect it, gave birth to Raising Kings.
Strength is forged, not found. Eric Newkirk
10 Praise
What readers say
about the book.
The King Maker Method is built directly on Raising Kings. These are readers of the book — the material the program is made from.
"Just wow — exceptionally powerful and well written. I felt like you were speaking words of life to every father trying to survive this destructive and distracting world. What is precious and God-given is right in front of us, in our homes, and we need to 'see' it before that fleeting time is gone."
"It started off strong, grabbed my attention and kept me reading — almost like drinking from a fire hose. I see a lot of men who think they're just fine with their kids, and this could help. 'The days feel long, but the decades feel short' — that's one I'll hold onto for sure."
"Truly awesome and on point — exactly what young dads need. The line that stood out: 'Whatever disciples your son most will shape your son most.' This book is for every father trying to lead in a world where technology is now raising our kids more than we are."
"It's funny how you read a book and feel like the author has been sitting in your living room watching your family."
"Even though I thought I was a pretty good parent, I realize I was mediocre, at best — not the king that Jesus calls men to be. I wish I'd had this book when my child was young."
"Eric Newkirk always delivers. He speaks from experience and wisdom in this amazing eye-opener that gives away the secret sauce to bringing up boys to real men. A keeper for sure."
"It is very kind and vulnerable to allow readers a personal look into this family. That brings passion to the words on the page — and gives me hope as a father to leave truth behind in my own children."
11 The Fit
Is this for you?
This is for you if
- You have a son between roughly 8 and 17, and you feel the window closing.
- You'd rather spend five focused weekends than five more years wondering what happened.
- You want a framework, not just inspiration — something you actually do, not just watch.
- You're willing to be the one who's uncomfortable first, so he doesn't have to be alone in it.
This isn't for you if
- You want someone else to fix this for you without your own time in it.
- You're looking for a one-time pep talk instead of a five-week commitment.
- You're not willing to sit across the table from your son and open the book first.
8–12
Young Warrior
Age-tiered conversation scripts written for where he is now.
13–17
Rising King
The same framework, in language a teenager will not roll his eyes at.
Outside
Younger or older
The framework still holds. Younger sons simply get an earlier start on the Kitchen Table Covenant, and sons past 17 can walk a compressed version — though the earlier you start, the more runway you have.
12 Getting Started
Enrollment isn't open yet.
Here's what to do now.
Three steps. The first one takes a minute, and the second one you can start tonight.
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Join the waitlist
Add your name and we'll tell you the moment The King Maker Method opens.
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Start tonight with the free Starter Kit
The King's Code: seven decisions you can run in your home before the program ever opens.
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Be first in when enrollment opens
Founding pricing and the first cohort date go to the waitlist before anyone else.
13 Straight Answers
Questions fathers
actually ask.
What if my son doesn't want to do this?
Most don't — at first. That's normal, not a sign you picked the wrong tool. The Crucible Challenges are built to be things a boy warms up to once he's in them (a fire, a hike, a real project), not sit-down lectures he has to consent to in advance. Week 1 is designed for you alone — by the time he's invited in for the Sunrise Fire Challenge, you'll already have your own footing.
What if I mess this up? I'm not exactly "pastor material."
Good — this wasn't built for pastors. It was built by one who's watched hundreds of ordinary, imperfect fathers do this well. You don't need polish. The Proximity Principle inside Module 1 exists for exactly this fear: the whole system is built around presence, not performance. Your son doesn't need you to be flawless. He needs you in the room.
How much time does this actually take each week?
About 45–60 minutes for the week's three videos, plus one Crucible Challenge (usually a few hours on a weekend). The daily Kitchen Table Covenant is 15 minutes, four mornings a week. It's a real commitment — not a binge-watch — but it's built to fit inside a demanding life, not compete with one.
My son is younger than 8 or older than 17 — will this still work?
The core system is built for roughly 8–17, with Age-Tiered Conversation Scripts splitting Young Warrior (8–12) from Rising King (13–17) language. Outside that range, the framework still holds — younger sons simply get an earlier start on the Kitchen Table Covenant, and sons past 17 can still walk through a compressed version, though the earlier you start, the more runway you have.
I'm divorced, or my son splits time between two homes — can this still work?
Yes. The system doesn't require a two-parent household or full-time custody — it requires the time you do have to be used on purpose instead of by default. Many of the Crucible Challenges are built for the hours you already have together, not additional time you'd need to negotiate.
Do I need to be a Bible expert to lead the Kitchen Table Covenant?
No. As the book puts it: you don't have to be a theologian, you have to open the book. The daily practice is deliberately simple — read, ask which verse stood out, underline one, pray one sentence. More is caught than taught.
The Waitlist
The doors aren't open yet.
Join the waitlist and you'll be first to hear when The King Maker Method opens — including founding pricing and the first cohort date, before they go anywhere else.
Not ready for the waitlist?
Start tonight with The King's Code.
A free starter kit for fathers who are done being passive. No gimmick — just the resources Eric gives to fathers who are serious about leading their homes.
- The 7 Decisions PDF — seven moves you can run in your home starting tonight.
- A free chapter from Raising Kings. Read before you buy.
- Eric's private video — what he tells fathers off the record.
The clock is running
He doesn't need a perfect father.
He needs a present one.
You don't need to have this figured out. You don't need to be the father you wish you'd had. You need to show up. Five weeks. That's the whole ask. The line stops with you — not when you feel ready, the moment you decide.
