“Wow! You sure carry a lot of clout!” “Dan,” who lives a few doors down from me, was excited. He had seen me through his window earlier this week on my daily walk with my dog, Dixie, and then rushed outside to catch me before I got too far down […]
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New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Men’s Ministry I Didn’t Know By Herb Reese I want to tell you about a men’s ministry I didn’t know existed. And yet, it was the one men’s ministry that has most impacted my life. This stealthy men’s ministry, so to speak, also […]
There is a moment during my workshop on meeting pressing needs in the local church where I transition from describing the different types of pressing needs churches experience to discussing how the practice of the love of Christ perfectly meets those needs, and it’s electric. As I begin talking about […]
I thought I’d share a little about the origins of New Commandment Men’s Ministries today. In 1996, while I was a pastor of a church in Quincy, Illinois, I took a group of men to a Promise Keepers stadium event in Indianapolis. I had been discussing with them the idea […]
Recently I received a couple of emails from men saying they were frustrated. One of them had moved to a new state. He had been involved in his former church’s men’s team ministry to its widowed and single parents and really enjoyed it. He was hoping to interest his new […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Today We Celebrate Dorothy Nickerson and Her Team at Crossroads Church, Northglenn, Colorado By Herb Reese Fifteen years ago this May, my church – Crossroads in Northglenn, Colorado – started a men’s team ministry to its widowed and single parents with twelve men, three […]
Recently, I received news that Dorothy Nickerson, one of our original care receivers at my church, passed away. Her team served her faithfully starting in 2003, and even kept in touch regularly when she moved to Washington State a few years ago. I’m devoting an entire post to her and […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Rest for the People of God By Herb Reese “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;?for anyone who enters God?s rest also rests from their works,??just as God did from his.?Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so […]
Last week I sent out a one question survey asking how long churches have had their men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents. Twenty-two churches responded and I must say, I’m pleased. Here are the results: 1-2 years: 19% 3-4 years: 0% 5-6 years: 23.8% 7-8 years: 9.5% […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Five Effective Regional Men’s Ministries and Why They’re Successful By Herb Reese Regional men’s ministries can be an extremely valuable asset for any church, especially if your church is small. Over the years, several successful regional men’s ministries have put down roots. Here’s a […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog There are Two Ways to Gain Eternal Life By Herb Reese Every now and then, when I speak on the topic of good works, I ask my audience a?trick question: How many ways are there to?gain eternal life? The answer I always get back […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Best Practices for Starting and Maintaining a Men’s Team Ministry to the Widowed and Single Parents By Herb Reese “Gentlemen, this is a football. I’m the coach. You are the players.” Vince Lombardi, head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960’s, was […]
Over the past two years, New Commandment Men’s Ministry has restructured its strategy from direct in-person marketing through workshops at men’s conferences to developing a free training and resource site. The first step in this new strategy involved developing a regular blog that currently goes out to about 7,000 people […]
It’s snowing, or raining, or just plain cold outside and your care receiver can’t think of any inside projects for your team to do. In this situation, it may be helpful to have a few ideas for projects ready. Here are some suggestions. Pull out the refrigerator and clean behind […]
Judging from current men’s ministry nomenclature, what I’m about to propose in this post is heresy. After all, isn’t it the goal of all men’s ministry to create truly manly men? Take, for example, the book I’m currently reading:?Mansfield’s Book of Manly Men (which is really good, actually). The biblical […]
Over the twenty years I was a pastor, I endured several candidating experiences. I say “endured” because I liken candidating for a pastorate at a church to getting a wife through a mail order catalog. One of my pastorates had four hundred applicants for the position. And no church I […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Funding Your Men’s Team Ministry By Herb Reese One of the first questions all churches who are considering doing men’s team ministry for their widowed and single parents ask is how much it costs. The short answer is very little. The long answer relates […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Another 5 Men’s Ministries You Should Know About By Herb Reese In my continuing effort to expose my readers to the amazing men’s ministry resources that are currently available, here are an additional five men’s ministries everyone who has a concern for men should […]
Jesus said to her, ?Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.? The woman said to Him, ?Sir, give […]
We spend a lot of time talking about the importance of training care givers when starting a men’s team ministry to the widowed and single parents. Care givers need to be trained in the love of Christ, the importance of good works, why we use teams, what the men’s team […]