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.
Herb Reese
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New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Repressed, Alone, Betrayed, Rudderless and Hopeless: How it Feels to be a Fatherless Boy By Herb Reese “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 […]
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.
This post is part of a series entitled, “ Since 2003 New Commandment Men’s Ministries has helped hundreds of churches throughout North American and around the world recruit teams of men who permanently adopt their widowed and single parents in their congregations for the purpose of donating two hours of […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog First Love then Truth: How Jesus Ministered to Sinners By Herb Reese “Why should we invite unrepentant and unmarried single moms and their illegitimate children into our church?” That’s the elephant in the room when it comes to the question of the church ministering […]
Single mother families, along with everyone else outside nuclear families, deserve the redemptive ministry of the church just as much as nuclear families do. And because of their fallenness, nuclear families need the redemptive ministry of the church just as much as everyone else.