I love it when churches send me stories about the impact their men’s team ministry is having. One such story I recently received is from Bill Hite at Cedar Run Community Church in Oak Hill, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. They have had their men’s team ministry since 2011. […]
Herb Reese
Previous posts in this series can be found in my article, A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men. As a pastor for twenty years, I spent a good amount of time counseling married and engaged couples. I could write an entire book giving marriage advice. But if there is one thing I […]
Change is coming to New Commandment Men’s Ministries and I am excited to tell you about it. A four-year plan for my retirement This year, New Commandment Men’s Ministries celebrated 20 years of ministry and I celebrated my 71st birthday. You may be wondering what my plans are for the […]
Previous posts in this series can be found in my article, A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men. As we have seen in my latest series of posts, our mission as Men of God is to do the good works God saved us, called us, and equipped us to do. These Divinely […]
Previous posts in this series can be found in my article, A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men. My late uncle and mentor was a pastor. When I was a young man he told me, “There are three primary temptations for a pastor: money, sex, and fame.” He was right. I […]
Previous posts in this series can be found in my article, A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men. The day “Cliff” tried to liberate Cuba from Fidel Castro “Cliff,” who is now deceased, was a born again Christian who had come to know Christ as his savior as a young adult. […]
The “Van Kemps” were pillars in my childhood church; godly, faithful, and respectable people. Their two sons, “Steve” and “Phil” were in my youth group. One day, terrible news spread throughout the church: the Van Kemps’ oldest son, Steve, had been diagnosed with osteosarcoma, bone cancer. Sadly, it had already […]
Assuming that we are going through the process Paul describes in 2 Timothy 3:12-17, the process that God uses to turn us into men of God who are equipped for every good work — the process that includes being saved, learning God’s word, accepting reproof from God’s word, experiencing restored […]
Just because we are “Men of God” does not mean we have already arrived We have seen from my last series, “A Men’s Ministry Men Want to Know,” that men who have a passionate desire to serve widows and single moms have an acquired taste. That is, the average non-Christian […]
Previous posts in this series have been incorporated into Part 2 of my online article, “A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men.” “…so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:17 We now come to the climax of 2 Timothy 3:12-17, our foundational […]