Now that we’ve identified the five circles of a Christian man’s responsibility to guarantee the well-being of those in need around him — himself, his family, his extended family, his church and his neighbors — the next question is how one goes about fulfilling this responsibility without being completely overwhelmed. […]
Herb Reese
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New Commandment Men’s Ministries focuses on a very specific area of need: long term needs within the local church. Most often, people with this type of need are the widowed and single parents. But taking the biblical mandate to meet pressing needs as a whole, long term needs within the […]
One of my great joys in life is witnessing a team of men fulfill their commitment to provide consistent and effective care to their care receiver for as long as they need it. Sometimes a team of men fulfills their commitment to a single mom or a widow at a […]
“For you see?your calling,?brethren, that not?many wise according?to the?flesh, not many?mighty, not many?noble, are called.?But God has? chosen?the foolish?things of the?world to put to?shame the wise,?and God has chosen?the weak?things of the?world to put to?shame the things?which are mighty;?and the base things of the world and the things which are […]
“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 […]
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 explains why I’m so passionate about men’s ministry today. To help you understand why these […]
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 […]
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 teams and three care receivers. The ministry has been going strong all these years and today we have fifteen teams, twenty-five care […]