?If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters?yes, even their own life?such a person cannot be my disciple.” – Jesus I once quoted the above verse to a girl I was dating. I was just trying to explain my understanding […]
Herb Reese
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“Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.” Titus 3:14 Ignoring the pressing needs of fellow believers is a violation of the love of God We are told in scripture that one of the worst things we […]
Photo courtesy Honza Soukup We focus men’s team ministry primarily on the needs of their widowed and single parents in our congregations, but there is a subgoup of people in our churches who often need special attention: single care givers of disabled loved ones. Over the past twenty years, I’ve […]
As I’ve said before, men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents is not the be-all and end-all of men’s ministry. There are many different aspects to men’s ministry besides serving the widowed and single parents. If you’re using men’s team ministry to begin a men’s ministry in your […]
The goal The goal in men’s team ministry is to practice the love of Christ as it applies to people with long term needs in our churches – such as their widowed and single parents – so that our churches can say, “There is not a needy person among us.” […]
My post today is about an upcoming men’s ministry leadership conference that is dear to my heart. I discovered National Coalition of Ministries to Men (NCMM.org) by accident while researching men’s ministry on the Internet fifteen years ago. At the time, their next men’s ministry leadership conference was one month […]
I think of the Internet as the modern version of the Roman road. Just as Rome’s systems of roads facilitated the spread of the gospel and the church throughout the Roman empire in the first and second centuries, in our time the Internet has become a major facilitator of ministry, […]
I know. You think I’m going to talk about how perfect heaven is going to be in the future. Yes, heaven certainly is and will be perfect. But that’s not exactly what I mean by “The Future Perfect.” What I’m referring to by the future perfect is the future perfect […]
I love my wife. Always have. Always will. Patti is the most amazing woman. Just spend ten minutes with her and you’ll find out why. She’s beautiful, godly, intelligent, personable, loving, and fun. She’s the second pea in my pod. On the other hand, I have learned how to love […]
Every now and then I get this question: If most of your care receivers are women, then why do you emphasize using men to serve them? There are several reasons why New Commandment Men’s Ministries focuses on using men. One reason is because it’s biblical. Jesus and the apostles all […]