New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Why, When and How You Should Use Funerals to Recruit Men to Serve the Widowed and Single Parents By Herb Reese Men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents started spreading to churches beyond my own pastorate 15 years ago at a funeral […]
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New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog 5 Reasons Why Every Man Should Have a Workbook at Your Men’s Team Ministry Orientation By Herb Reese Every man at your orientation should have his own workbook. These five reasons explain how the workbook strengthens retention, provides a lasting reference, supplies material beyond […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog When You Do Good and Get Kicked in the Teeth for It By Herb Reese I’m ticked. Patti and I have recently spent about $1,000 and over 20 hours or our time helping someone out of a very difficult situation and they in turn […]
I have a question that goes to the core of what we’re seeing in America’s current presidential race: if it is true that science has proven that humans are simply animals and nothing more, then why should we expect men to act differently? Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Anthony Weiner, et. […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog 5 Top Men’s Ministries You Should Know About By Herb Reese Successful local church men’s ministries don’t happen in a vacuum. Amazing peer reviewed and field tested men’s ministry resources are available today that weren’t just twenty or thirty years ago. This men’s ministry […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Three Meanings to “The Love of Christ” and What They Mean for Us By Herb Reese When I talk and write about the love of Christ, I feel like a child trying to copy a Rembrandt with finger paint. Please forgive me for my […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Church or the Family: Which is More Important to Social Stability? By Herb Reese “Focus on the Family” “Family Christian Stores” “Family Worship Center” “Faith in the Family” “Rock Family Church” “Family Church” I have a pet peeve: the American church is way […]
If, like myself, you grew up in church, you may remember that junior and high Sunday school was, well, rather tiring, if not downright boring. Or perhaps you’ve taught this age group in Sunday School and watched your pensive teens stare at the floor as you waxed eloquent on the […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog How to Deal with Issues of Liability with Your Men’s Team Ministry By Herb Reese The question of liability comes up from time to time when talking about men’s team ministry to the widowed and single parents. Men working in the homes of vulnerable […]
“You need to take your ministry to the inner city!” That wasn’t the reaction I expected to hear from the President of Promise Keepers. I was sharing a lunch with Dr. Raleigh Washington and talking about how God had been blessing New Commandment Men’s Ministries when he suddenly and emphatically […]
Here’s a common problem I’ve seen when churches begin their men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents: If the church isn’t clear on what they’re doing and why they’re doing it when promoting their men’s team ministry, people in the congregation won’t understand the nature of the ministry […]
Once your men watch the DVD with the workbook and form their teams at the orientation, they will have a clear idea of how the ministry and their team will function.
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Becoming a High Impact Christian Man By Herb Reese “No one is so insignificant as to be without influence.” This quote by Betty Carlson in her book, From the Mountains of L’Abri, has stayed with me for forty years. It summarizes in a nutshell […]
Widows, widowers and single parents are everywhere. And Christian men are everywhere. Combine these two realities with New Commandment Men’s Ministries and the Internet, and this is why men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents has spread all over the world. With this in mind, here are some […]
Here’s a creative way Christian colleges and seminaries can teach their students to apply the love of Christ to people with long term needs, such as the widowed and single parents. Set a school goal of meeting the needs of everyone with long term needs within (x distance) from the […]
The men’s team ministry model is just that, a model In my seminar on men’s team ministry to the widowed and single parents–which I’ve done probably 200+ times–when I get to the place where I describe the actual men’s team ministry model, I always emphasize that it’s just a model […]
You see all kinds of pressing needs around you and some of them are overwhelming. How do you go about the seemingly impossible task of addressing them?
Your ten year goals for your men’s ministry must be biblically based, concrete and measurable.
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Some Guidelines to Consider for Choosing Care Receivers By Herb Reese Choosing care receivers involves more than making a list of widows and single parents. These guidelines help church leaders weigh long-term financial, physical, and social needs, consider church involvement, respect a person’s willingness […]
Don’t get me wrong. I love my seminary and my seminary education. It was a wonderful privilege to attend Dallas Theological Seminary and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. For four years I sat under some of the greatest men of God and professors at the time and soaked as […]