Everyone naturally has questions about men’s team ministry to the widowed and single parents. Here are the ones that come up most frequently. Should we limit this ministry to just the widowed and single parents? No. The Bible uses broad categories like the oppressed, the weak, etc. These include widows […]
Herb Reese
A skills inventory is a list of men who are willing to donate their labor and the skills they are proficient at to help people in the church. For example, the church may keep a list of carpenters and electricians in the congregation who can respond to carpentry and electrical […]
Many Christians know J. Vernon McGee from his Thru the Bible radio broadcast. While it’s been many years since Dr. McGee went to be with the Lord, his recorded messages can still be heard on hundreds of stations in the U.S. and in many other countries – as well as […]
Every church should have a policy statement for its men’s team ministry. A policy statement insures that the ministry operates in a safe and orderly way. Policy statements should be brief and easy to remember. No one benefits from a convoluted policy statement that is locked away in a drawer […]
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, […]
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.