They’re a little weird and really impersonal, but my webinars seem to be working. While I don’t think they’ll completely replace in-person seminars, it looks like they’ll be a permanent tool in my ministry toolbox. Here’s a not so serious overview of my experience with webinars. “Read my lips” doesn’t […]
Men’s Team Ministry
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“I’m not depressed anymore.” Several years ago we held a breakfast at our church to celebrate our men’s team ministry and its care receivers. During the breakfast, we invited our care receivers to share what their team meant to them. Several told wonderful stories of how their team had served […]
My childhood church had a Good Friday tradition of holding a special service at noon on the seven last words of Jesus. Since it was a downtown church, business people from the surrounding offices attended the service. Traditionally called the seven last words of Jesus, they’re actually the seven last […]
A major recurring theme in American history is it’s struggle with race relations. From slavery to the Civil War to Jim Crow to segregation to race riots to Martin Luther King to busing to President Barak Obama to Black Lives Matter, it’s been a long and bumpy road with […]
The church is a family – the family of God. As believers, God is our Father and we are his children. Jesus is “the firstborn among many brethren.” As one expression of this family all believers are in, it stands to reason that men’s team ministry to their widowed and […]
I like to say that you know you have a successful men’s ministry when the women in your church try to horn in on it. It’s true that there is nothing in the Word of God that says women can’t minister to the widowed and single parents. But New Commandment […]
Calloused disregard is the state one eventually arrives at after practicing disregard continuously: he no longer realizes that he is disregarding others.
Here’s an interesting stat: a survey of 100 churches with men’s team ministries to their widows, single moms, and fatherless children reveals that after two years, a typical men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents grows 37%. This growth rate is exceptional for men’s ministry. At a […]
We all know from experience when we’re in healthy or unhealthy relationships. But sometimes it’s difficult to explain why they are the way they are. Years ago I came across a list of 8 qualities of healthy and unhealthy relationships, 4 each for the healthy and unhealthy ones. I don’t […]
Being a multimillionaire these days isn’t what it used to be. But it’s still an easy way to classify those in the upper echelons of our society. If you’re one of the three people reading this who fall into this category and have the ability to solve most of your […]