New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Establishing Long Term Leadership Continuity By Herb Reese A long term vision for long term ministry The goal of men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents is to provide effective and consistent ministry to people in churches with long term needs. These […]
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Everyone naturally has questions about men’s team ministry to the widowed and single parents. Here are the ones that come up most frequently. Should we limit this ministry to just the widowed and single parents? No. The Bible uses broad categories like the oppressed, the weak, etc. These include widows […]
A skills inventory is a list of men who are willing to donate their labor and the skills they are proficient at to help people in the church. For example, the church may keep a list of carpenters and electricians in the congregation who can respond to carpentry and electrical […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Day I Poisoned J. Vernon McGee By Herb Reese Many Christians know J. Vernon McGee from his Thru the Bible radio broadcast. While it’s been many years since Dr. McGee went to be with the Lord, his recorded messages can still be heard […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Developing a Church Policy Statement for Your Men’s Team Ministry By Herb Reese Every church should have a policy statement for its men’s team ministry. A policy statement insures that the ministry operates in a safe and orderly way. Policy statements should be brief […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Imagine Yourself as a Change Agent for Good in Your Church By Herb Reese Be an advocate for their widowed and single parents in your church You’ve been attending your church for years. But you’ve never really gotten involved much. Your wife does most […]
Your men’s ministry should be one of the most meaningful and fulfilling spiritual experiences your men have ever had.
Here’s a mistaken assumption Christians sometimes make: our children are the future of the church. That is not true. If it were, Jesus would have spent all of his time training his disciples to be great husbands and great fathers. But he didn’t. Instead, he trained them to be servants […]
“Count the cost,” Jesus warned those who were thinking about becoming his disciples. In blunt terms he demanded, Anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. And then a little later he repeated the demand, Any of you who does not give up everything […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog What Every Congregation Needs to Know About Men’s Team Ministry to the Widowed and Single Parents By Herb Reese Thoroughly educating your congregation on what men’s team ministry is and does is a prerequisite for starting the ministry in your church. Here are some […]
Knowing what concerns your church leadership will have about men’s team ministry and what questions they are likely to ask will enable you to help them make informed decisions.
The church is a good works factory. At least that’s how God envisions it. He sees a conveyor belt coming out the front door of your church with one amazing good work after another piling up outside. Inside, believers learn how to create those good works according to God’s specifications […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Designated Survivor: Is Your Church Prepared to Respond to Members Who Suffer a Catastrophic Need? By Herb Reese One of my favorite TV shows this season is Designated Survivor. Kiefer Sutherland plays Tom Kirkman, a low level cabinet appointee who is the designated survivor […]
If you’d like a quick picture of what New Commandment Men’s Ministries is all about, just take a look at our basic assumptions. Here they are in a nutshell. A primary goal of any men’s ministry should be to train men in the love of Christ. “The goal of our […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Your Church is a Covenant Community By Herb Reese Mary had been a member of her church for thirty years. Recently her husband died. Having heard about mens team ministry in another church, she asked her pastor if her church could help her. Her […]
They’re a little weird and really impersonal, but my webinars seem to be working. While I don’t think they’ll completely replace in-person seminars, it looks like they’ll be a permanent tool in my ministry toolbox. Here’s a not so serious overview of my experience with webinars. “Read my lips” doesn’t […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Natural Progression of Personal Identification By Herb Reese I talk a lot about the three unique qualities of Christ’s love – personal identification, commitment, and sacrifice. In Christ’s Incarnation, God has identified with us and committed to us. And in redemption, God has […]
When I think about Christians and politics these days, the term “pyrrhic victory” comes to mind. Poor king Pyrrhus, who ruled in Greece in the third century BC, fought the Romans in the battle of Asculum in 279 BC. He won, but at such a cost it was tantamount to […]
“I’m not depressed anymore.” Several years ago we held a breakfast at our church to celebrate our men’s team ministry and its care receivers. During the breakfast, we invited our care receivers to share what their team meant to them. Several told wonderful stories of how their team had served […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog What Good Friday Teaches us about Ministry to Widows and Single Moms By Herb Reese My childhood church had a Good Friday tradition of holding a special service at noon on the seven last words of Jesus. Since it was a downtown church, business […]