Like the apostles, the church today is also doing a poor job ministering to its widows. The solution to this problem is the same as it was two thousand years ago: make meeting the pressing needs of widows in the church the sole function of deacons.
Herb Reese
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Without an understanding of the importance of a widows ministry, your church will not be able to address their needs appropriately.
Over the years, every time I reached out to a fatherless boy, he responded positively. The few hours I spent taking fatherless boys to church youth groups were well worth my time. Taking a fatherless boy to your church’s youth group will be worth your time as well.
The biblical view of God as a Father who can also become our Father is pure gold for every fatherless child, especially for every fatherless boy. Because in God that fatherless boy can have a Father, and in God he can also find a model of whom he, too, can become: someone who begets and then loves, protects and nourishes his begotten.
“Rejection is the defining characteristic of the fatherless generation.” William Pollack [Note: This post is taken from an article by Herb Reese entitled, “A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Fatherless Boys.”] In this series of posts on fatherless boys, I now turn to the psychological aspects of fatherlessness. Repressed: Fatherless Boys […]
Fatherless boys represent a massive mission field in America that is just waiting for the church — and especially men’s ministry in the church — to address.
Many fatherless boys carry with them a father wound. The church has a lot to offer these boys that can bring them healing.
My brother John rebelled against Christianity. But amazingly, he trusted Jesus Christ as his savior at the age of 39.
We want to see unchurched single moms finding Jesus Christ as their savior and growing in their newfound faith with confidence and hope. We also want to see Christian single moms loved and accepted in the church for the amazing women that they are.
In my continuing series on ministering to single moms, I recommend existing parachurch and church-based single moms ministries that we can study and utilize.