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Men's Ministry in the 21st Century: The Encyclopedia of Practical Ideas

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I picked up this book for my husband, who is getting a Men's Ministry off the ground at our church. I had purchased Women's Ministry in the 21st Century when our Women's Ministry was getting started and found it rich with foundational ideas and tools for many aspects of the ministry. Our Men's Ministry is not officially called Men's Ministry, because they want to make it edgy...something "manly men" will want to be a part of. For this reason, when I brought home the book, my husband was a bit hesitant. He didn't necessarily want to fit the ministry into a book. But once he started looking at it, he said, "This is a really good book!" (I held my sarcastic reply.) Men's Ministry in the 21st Century will help anyone with the process of putting down a foundation and enhancing what you already have. And there is no need to read the book from cover to cover (although you might find yourself doing just that!). It's so well organized, you can simply look for that specific tool, study, or service idea you want.

This is simply a great resource. Easy to read, easy to navigate and easy to implement. There are so many practical ideas and enough variation for just about any size or type of men's ministry. From the administrative to the creative, it's in there. Group Publishing hit a home run with this one.

Nice packaging, and a great read even though it ventures off to a mega ministry it gives you insights on development and goals for a Men's ministry.

Our church wants to start a new kind of men's ministry and this book is the ticket! The first chapter covers how to get things off the ground and the last chapter is how to get men to serve each other--and they cover everything vital to a thriving men's ministry inbetween. From retreats and fun nights to being open and real with one another--something that doesn't come to easily to most men. Very helpful, practical, and fun to read. We can't wait to use these ideas to super-charge our new ministry to men!

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I was hesitant about purchasing this book because I suspected that it would written for the American (and most likely) evangical audience. I wasn't wrong at all. I can't see a lot of these suggestions going down well with the men at our church - that is, non American men with a leaning to anglo-catholic theology. Having said this, there are some good concepts and ideas that I can use in setting up our Mens' Group and I'll 'cherry pick' these. It would be good to get a hold of a book written for men who don't want religion (christianity) to be so prominant on the agenda....men who don't want to 'be saved' all of the time. I think there are a lot of us in
Australia, the UK and even in your country who would appreciate a more relaxed mens' environment with Christianity included as a more intellectual excercise, but not all of the time.