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 of the volunteering at your church. You play second base on the church softball team, but that’s about it. Well, […]
Herb Reese
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 […]
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 of the typical questions you’ll need to address. What is men’s team ministry? Men’s team ministry is a men’s ministry that uses teams of men […]
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 […]
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 during the President’s State of the Union address to congress. When an explosion kills the President, Vice President and all other cabinet members, Kirkman […]
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 […]
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 pastor responded that, no, they would not help her because they wanted to focus their […]