“Building the Church by Building Strong Families.” That is the MO of almost all churches in America today. But the problem with trying to build the kingdom of God on earth by building spiritually healthy families is that it has been tried before. Many times, in fact. For centuries. And each attempt has failed miserably.
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Walk into any church in America and you will immediately notice one thing: it is all about nuclear families (i.e., a husband and a wife who are married and raise their own children to adulthood), usually to the exclusion of other ministries such as widows, single mothers, and the disabled.
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog What the Prevalence of Single Moms in America Says about Men’s Ministry and the Church By Herb Reese This post is part of a series entitled, “A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Single Moms“. There have always been single moms in every culture in the […]
As much as anything else, single motherhood in America has been impacted by its post Christian culture.
There are two kinds of Christians in this world: those who acknowledge that at times they have doubted their faith…and liars. Of course, Christianity — and religion in general — do not have a monopoly on doubt. Some philosophers have doubted the existence of the external world (solipsism). And famous […]
Men’s team ministry fascinates me for many reasons. One if them is the way it involves several different kinds of ministry. It involves men’s ministry, of course. But it also involves ministries to widows, widowers, single moms and dads, fatherless and motherless children, the disabled, and anyone else with long […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog 13 Reasons Why Men’s Ministries Die By Herb Reese A healthy men’s ministry is like a lush, green lawn. When a lawn has the necessary elements for it to thrive – rich soil, water, sunlight, and nutrients – it thrives. Great lawns don’t just […]
Be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he […]
If you have one million earthlings settling Mars, then it’s inevitable that a First Baptist Church of Mars (and a lot of other churches, mosques and temples) is going to pop up.
What is unique about New Commandment Men’s Ministries is that it addresses long term needs by providing teams of men for practical and relational support over years and sometimes even decades.
An effective men’s ministry pleases God by leading men to salvation and showing them how to do amazing good.
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog What Churches Do for Widows and Widowers By Herb Reese “Not much.” If you are a widow or widower and have had any experience with churches, that is probably what you thought when you saw the title for this post. And you are right. […]
Four men’s ministry ideas for high impact service projects that have lasting results in the lives of care receivers and the men who do them.
SEO is simply telling people online who you are and what you do. Therefore, SEO is vital to any online ministry’s success.
Before we can lead in the church, we have to learn how to follow.
What made my high school youth group so radical was how it immersed us in actual ministry experience.
I’m new to the world of grandfathering and like all Christian grandfathers, I want to be a good and godly one.
Cowboy churches have sprung up all over the country. This post describes their typical characteristics.
In our last New Commandment board meeting I was discussing whether or not I will retire when one of my board members mentioned that he doesn’t believe that Christians should retire. Wow! That was a new thought. But after I mulled it over later I realized that the concept of […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog On Intelligent, Well-Educated, and Wise Christians By Herb Reese “His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort.” 2 Peter 3:16 (Peter, writing about Paul’s epistles) I’ve been reading and meditating on Romans 7 and 8 lately […]