Recently, I received news that Dorothy Nickerson, one of our original care receivers at my church, passed away. Her team served her faithfully starting in 2003, and even kept in touch regularly when she moved to Washington State a few years ago. I’m devoting an entire post to her and […]
Herb Reese
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“There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;?for anyone who enters God?s rest also rests from their works,??just as God did from his.?Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.” Hebrews 4:9-11 At first […]
Last week I sent out a one question survey asking how long churches have had their men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents. Twenty-two churches responded and I must say, I’m pleased. Here are the results: 1-2 years: 19% 3-4 years: 0% 5-6 years: 23.8% 7-8 years: 9.5% […]
Regional men’s ministries can be an extremely valuable asset for any church, especially if your church is small. Over the years, several successful regional men’s ministries have put down roots. Here’s a list of five regional men’s ministries I’ve come to know well. They’ve been around for years and are […]
Every now and then, when I speak on the topic of good works, I ask my audience a?trick question: How many ways are there to?gain eternal life? The answer I always get back is: one. Technically, that is incorrect. According to?the Bible, there are two ways to gain eternal?life. The […]
“Gentlemen, this is a football. I’m the coach. You are the players.” Vince Lombardi, head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960’s, was famous for emphasizing football fundamentals at the beginning of each preseason training. His first speech always began with that famous quote. It’s always good for […]
Over the past two years, New Commandment Men’s Ministry has restructured its strategy from direct in-person marketing through workshops at men’s conferences to developing a free training and resource site. The first step in this new strategy involved developing a regular blog that currently goes out to about 7,000 people […]
It’s snowing, or raining, or just plain cold outside and your care receiver can’t think of any inside projects for your team to do. In this situation, it may be helpful to have a few ideas for projects ready. Here are some suggestions. Pull out the refrigerator and clean behind […]
Judging from current men’s ministry nomenclature, what I’m about to propose in this post is heresy. After all, isn’t it the goal of all men’s ministry to create truly manly men? Take, for example, the book I’m currently reading:?Mansfield’s Book of Manly Men (which is really good, actually). The biblical […]
Over the twenty years I was a pastor, I endured several candidating experiences. I say “endured” because I liken candidating for a pastorate at a church to getting a wife through a mail order catalog. One of my pastorates had four hundred applicants for the position. And no church I […]