1. Strategic Partnership
The practical habit of hearing from God and actually doing what He says — in your marriage, your kids, your work, your hardest decisions. Not theory. A daily rhythm you can start this week.
FORTIFIED — A TAKIN' EM WITH ME! PRODUCTION
THE FORTIFIED
LEGACY
Five Strategies for Building a Legacy That Lasts — Starting at Home
What Servant-Leaders Do Differently — And How You Can Too
IN-PERSON · STILLWATER, OK
Sunday, November 15 · 6:00 PM–8:30 PM
New Covenant Fellowship
1110 E. McElroy, Stillwater, OK 74075
Join us in person in Stillwater, OK.
The Man Who Has a Strategy Builds Something That Lasts
Every man is building something — whether he's paying attention to it or not. Some men build a legacy on purpose. Most men just let one happen to them.
CJ's own story isn't a redemption story, and it isn't a rebuilding-from-failure story — it's 36 years of a marriage that's strong, not perfect, because he had a strategy, not because he got lucky. The same strategic partnership that shaped his marriage shaped how he raised his kids, and shaped every relationship that matters to him.
The man who's serious about his legacy doesn't wait until something's broken to get intentional. He decides now — while things are good — that good isn't the ceiling. He wants a legacy nothing can touch.
CJ Ellis — Pastor, 36-year husband, father of six, founder of Takin' Em With Me
“The man who will hand you the battle plan that's protected everything he's built.”
Build With One Hand. Guard With the Other.
Nehemiah rebuilt Jerusalem's wall with a trowel in one hand and a weapon in the other. He didn't stop building to start defending — he did both, at the same time.
The Fortified Legacy protects your marriage.
The Fortified membership builds it. Both, together — the way it's supposed to work.
That's the whole idea behind Fortified. Protection and building aren't two separate seasons of a man's life — they happen together, or they don't happen at all.
Built For the Man Who Is Serious About What He's Building
You don't have to be in a crisis to belong in this room.
- A man who takes his legacy seriously — married, single, or widowed
- Pursues his calling while building something real at home
- Believes intentional strategy beats willpower and good intentions
- Wants practical tools, not just inspiration
- Wants to be a man his family and the people who follow him can actually count on
- If married: has a strong marriage and wants it stronger — not one in trouble
- If not currently married: wants to build the foundation now, before he needs it
- Understands that timing matters — you fortify before the crisis, not after
At The Fortified Legacy, You'll Learn:
Five field-tested strategies you can start using immediately:
2. Queen Move
The single conversation and the specific, practical boundaries that make your wife your greatest defender instead of an afterthought — including the ones most men are too proud, or too unaware, to set up.
3. Heart to Heart
How CJ stayed connected to all six of his kids' hearts instead of becoming the kind of dad his own kids would resent — and what that looks like when your schedule isn't as flexible as his was.
4. Weapon of Mass Destruction
Taking control of your thought life before it takes control of you, and turning what could be your greatest weakness into your sharpest weapon.
5. Counterpunch
What to do when discouragement hits mid-build: how to strengthen and encourage yourself in the Lord, the way David did at Ziklag, and get back up swinging.
CJ & Lisa Ellis
Married over thirty-six years and still going strong — because of the same strategies CJ will share with you at this event.
Reserve Your Spot
For the man who isn't waiting for a crisis to get serious about what he's building — his marriage, his kids, his own integrity, his legacy. This is 2.5 hours that could change the trajectory of all of it.
In-Person · Stillwater, OK
Date
Sun, November 15
Time
6:00–8:30 PM
Location
New Covenant Fellowship — 1110 E. McElroy, Stillwater, OK 74075
Price
FREE
Spots are limited.
The Decision Is Yours To Make
The men who will be in that room aren't there because something in their life is falling apart. They're there because they refuse to be passive about the most important thing they're building. They decided — before it cost them anything — that their legacy deserves a strategy.
That decision is available to you right now. But only if you make it.
Wherever your legacy is today — Fortified will take it further.
“I've been married 36 years. Not because I'm lucky — because I have a strategy. That night, I'm giving you mine.”
— CJ ELLIS, FOUNDER OF TAKIN' EM WITH ME!
Free registration