New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Evaluating Your Men’s Team Ministry By Herb Reese Evaluating a men’s team ministry begins with the experiences of its care receivers. This article presents three direct questions about understanding, commitment, and practical help, then broadens the evaluation to unserved people and emergency or catastrophic […]
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My post today is about an upcoming men’s ministry leadership conference that is dear to my heart. I discovered National Coalition of Ministries to Men (NCMM.org) by accident while researching men’s ministry on the Internet fifteen years ago. At the time, their next men’s ministry leadership conference was one month […]
I think of the Internet as the modern version of the Roman road. Just as Rome’s systems of roads facilitated the spread of the gospel and the church throughout the Roman empire in the first and second centuries, in our time the Internet has become a major facilitator of ministry, […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Future Perfect By Herb Reese I know. You think I’m going to talk about how perfect heaven is going to be in the future. Yes, heaven certainly is and will be perfect. But that’s not exactly what I mean by “The Future Perfect.” […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Incremental Love By Herb Reese I love my wife. Always have. Always will. Patti is the most amazing woman. Just spend ten minutes with her and you’ll find out why. She’s beautiful, godly, intelligent, personable, loving, and fun. She’s the second pea in my […]
Every now and then I get this question: If most of your care receivers are women, then why do you emphasize using men to serve them? There are several reasons why New Commandment Men’s Ministries focuses on using men. One reason is because it’s biblical. Jesus and the apostles all […]
A couple of days ago I was watching CNN interview Carolyn Goodman, the mayor of Las Vegas, about the mass shooting there. When asked about her thoughts on Stephen Paddock, she said, “May he rot… ,” and then she suddenly stopped. It was an awkward moment. “Go ahead,” I thought. […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog 10 Essential Verses on Good Works By Herb Reese Every now and then I like to remind my readers why serving their widowed and single parents in our churches is important. Of course, one reason it’s important is because these people often have long […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Meaning of Widows and Orphans in James 1:27 By Herb Reese For years I’ve thought of the orphans and widows that James refers to in James 1:27 as unrelated individuals. But the other day it dawned on me that James is probably including […]
I was a pretty compliant preschooler so I never got a spanking. But I came close to having my buns warmed the day I spotted a big box of laundry detergent, took it outside, poured it into my sandbox, ran the hose on it, and turned the entire backyard into […]
Once upon a time I had a marvelous idea: I decided I would invite together all the couples for whom I had performed wedding ceremonies to see how they were doing. I planned a lavish reunion and sent out gilded invitations, inviting them to join me and share their experiences […]
Christian, meet “As”. As is the one word that separates Christians from all other human beings. In fact, As is the way people recognize that they are in the presence of a follower of Jesus Christ. Imagine that! God has hard wired the entire human race to know when As […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Preparing Your Teams for Their First Service Day By Herb Reese A strong first service day establishes patterns that can sustain a men’s team ministry for years. This guide walks leaders through team assignments, rosters, reminders, caller follow-up, introductions with care receivers, home project […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Busy Layman’s Guide to Leading a Men’s Team Ministry Devotional Hour By Herb Reese A men’s team ministry devotional hour does not require seminary training or polished public speaking. This practical guide explains its three purposes, a simple forty-five-minute structure, six preparation steps, […]
I received some great responses to my question, “Has Anyone Reading This Ever Seen an Angel?” Thanks, everyone, for sharing your stories. Here they are for the rest of us to read, with a little editing for brevity and clarity. ******** I had gone through a brutal battle with the […]
I heard a sermon on angels a few weeks ago. It brought back memories of a sermon I once preached on angels. Right in the middle of it I stopped and spontaneously asked if anyone in the church had ever seen an angel. Out of a congregation of a couple […]
All pastors know the importance of maintaining a close walk with the Lord, getting enough rest, eating right and having a good work/life balance. But here are some very concrete things I wish I’d known when I started my first pastorate. If you’re a young pastor, I hope you find […]
I’m on vacation in Southern California. Actually, it’s a workation for both myself and my wife. Yesterday I met with some men from a church in Rancho Cucamonga, a bedroom community forty miles east of Los Angeles. Their church has had a men’s team ministry to their widowed and single […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog An Alternative View of Bi-vocational Pastorates By Herb Reese Meet Paul, the first bi-vocational pastor The first bi-vocational pastor in the history of the church was the Apostle Paul. Famous for his “tent trade,” Paul supported himself with his skill at making tents while […]
Watching the news on Hurricane Harvey this week brings back some bad memories. As a pastor, I’ve been through a hurricane in the Houston area: Hurricane Alecia in 1983, a category 3 storm that caused almost 2 billion in damage. And while it didn’t come close to Hurricane Harvey in […]