My medieval history professor at the very secular and anti-Christian UCLA didn’t intend to evangelize his class. But that’s exactly what he did when he made the mistake of assigning us to read some of Martin Luther’s Reformation writings, including The Pagan Servitude of the Church and Preface to the […]
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New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog When and How to Recruit Care Receivers for Your Men’s Team Ministry By Herb Reese The task of recruiting care receivers for your men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents in your church can at times be delicate and challenging. A few […]
For several years I’ve been on the advisory board for The Life of a Single Mom, founded by Jennifer Maggio. I’ve watched with great enthusiasm as this ministry has become the nation’s leading single mom ministry. I think it’s time all of my readers know about TLSM. When Jennifer was […]
The intersection at 80th and Wadsworth, a few blocks from my home in Arvada, Colorado, is a testament to American capitalism and entrepreneurship: It has a McDonalds, an Arby’s, a Chic-fil-a, a Hobby Lobby, a Target, a funeral home, a Walgreens, a Goodwill, a bank, a Petco, two supermarkets, two […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Will Men’s Team Ministry Work in Developing Countries? By Herb Reese Sometimes I receive inquiries from pastors in developing countries about whether men’s team ministry will work in their church. The first question to ask, however, is whether men’s team ministry in the form […]
Westchester High School had two basic problems: it had no air conditioning and it was built right next to the runways at Los Angeles International Airport. That meant on warm days, when there was no ocean breeze from the Pacific Ocean a mile away to cool us down, we had […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog A Great Orientation Requires Thorough Planning By Herb Reese A great orientation meeting will not only thoroughly train your men in men’s team ministry to your widowed and single parents, it will set the tone for your entire ministry. Therefore, it’s critical that you […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Promoting Your Men’s Team Ministry for Maximum Involvement By Herb Reese One of the most important things you need to do when starting your men’s team ministry is promote your orientation well. Creating and capturing interest, enthusiasm, and momentum will ensure a great start. […]
A couple of years ago, with the option of retirement looming ever larger, I sat down and asked myself if I really wanted to do that. I had never thought I would want to retire. I love to work and I love my work. But I thought I should at […]
We humans are complex creatures with spiritual, psychological, physical and social dimensions. We constantly balance and readjust these various dimensions in the hanging mobile we call ourselves. But add to these dimensions the stress and dysfunction that come from living in a fallen world and the result is that none […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Why Background Checks are Critical for Men’s Team Ministry By Herb Reese Take the safety of your care receivers seriously When it comes to men’s team ministry, one of the main concerns potential care receivers have is that they don’t know who the men […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Why I’m a Biblicist By Herb Reese I have been influenced by the Bible throughout my entire life. There has never been a time in my conscious awareness when I did not know about and believe in this amazing book. Paul’s words to Timothy […]
I heard recently that the intersection of the 405 freeway with the Santa Monica freeway west of Los Angeles is the busiest in the entire U.S. That didn’t surprise me at all. Even forty-five years ago, when I was commuting as a student to UCLA just north of there, it […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Men’s Team Ministry for Churches Under Fifty By Herb Reese Even Small Churches can do Some Form of Men’s Team Ministry I get this a lot: “We’re a small church. We have less than fifty members. I don’t think men’s team ministry is going […]
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” I don’t know about everyone else, but I was really bad at loving my neighbor as myself. I give myself passing grades on husbandhood and fatherhood. But when it came to the neighborhood? Frankly, I could have cared less. In other words, I […]
Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17 People with long term needs need an advocate The person (or people) your men’s team ministry is serving is in a tough situation. Perhaps your care receiver is a single mother of two young children […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog 6 Easy Keys to Long Term Men’s Team Ministry By Herb Reese The widowed and single parents in our churches have long term needs that, by definition, can last for years and even decades. Men’s team ministry meets those needs in a revolutionary way: […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Are You a Pastor of Disaster? Preparing Your Church for the Next Traumatic Event By Herb Reese As a pastor, I shepherded two churches through two natural disasters: a hurricane and a once-in-500-year flood. Because I wasn’t prepared, I didn’t do well at all […]
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Every now and then your team’s care receiver may tell you she (or he) has nothing for you to do at her home. For those of us who own homes, we all know that this is really never completely true. There’s always something to do. So it’s nice to have […]