Twenty years have passed since the heyday of Promise Keepers. Like myself, hundreds of thousands of men who attended the packed stadium conferences around the country had their lives dramatically altered. In 1997 alone, 1.1 million men filled football stadiums to overflowing singing A Mighty Fortress is Our God and […]
Herb Reese
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Here’s the picture: you’re a single mom or widow (or a single dad or widower or someone who is disabled) and you’d absolutely love for your church to form a team for you to help you out around your home once a month for two hours. In fact, you desperately […]
Today’s Christians often focus on the New Testament concept of agape love, or unconditional love, especially as it is expressed in 1 Corinthians 13. But we often forget another important aspect of love that forms a cornerstone of the Old Testament: hesed love. The Hebrew term “hesed” does not have […]
“Why don’t you just write a book?” That was my wife’s response when I first started talking about starting New Commandment Men’s Ministries. “Because I don’t want to write about what I just think is a great idea,” I responded. “I want to prove the value of men’s team ministry […]
[Note: This is a very long post. Sorry. For the two of you who actually read it all the way through, I hope you find it inspiring.] I got to thinking you might enjoy reading my story on how the Lord led me into men’s team ministry to the widowed […]
Believers sometimes get excited about a particular parachurch ministry but then run into a brick wall when they try to get their church to start it. Men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents is no exception. Men often see this ministry as a no-brainer, but then draw blank […]
As I speak on men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents around the country, I often make the following statement: “It is God’s will for every church to be able to say, ‘There is not a needy person among us.’” But is that really true? Does Scripture specifically […]
Here are 9 qualities of an effective men’s ministry for you to use to evaluate the men’s ministry is at your church.
According to Scripture, God has a deep love for widows, widowers and single parents. Therefore, Christians should too. Here are 10 ways to make widows, widowers and single parents feel special. 1. Learn who they are and remember their names. I’ve often said, “You can’t love someone you don’t know.” […]
(Note: This post is an outline of a men’s ministry workshop I’ve done at men’s conferences around the country for many years. The title of the workshop is “Mobilize Your Men to Meet the Needs Spectrum in Your Church.” You can listen to it here.) As believers, we are commanded […]