Two months down, and the Men's NetWork is fast becoming a well-known entity among individuals and congregations nationwide. On Feb. 12, the 1,000th LCMS church (Immanuel Lutheran Church and School in Marshfield, Wisconsin) registered on the Men's NetWork (MNW) at www.lhmmen.com—besting our pre-launch goal by better than three months. At present, the MNW has cleared the 1,800 registered-user mark with a total of 1,351 churches on board—1,178 of which are LCMS congregations. Of those registered, 69 are members of Lutheran Church—Canada and 104 have other denominational affiliations. There are also 82 men's groups registered on MNW.

Indicative of the surprised comments the MNW has received is this one: "There is a lot of stuff here! Is this really LHM?" It most certainly is.

Another guy told us, "This site is great! We have wanted to launch a men's group for some time and now I can tell you that we definitely will, using your info and advice."

A Kentucky pastor wrote, "We love the materials and have had great discussion. We have begun with, He Who Dies With The Most Toys Still Dies. We plan to follow that up with the creation study followed by the study on Islam."

From New York, we heard the following: "We discussed various men's ministry activities we've been involved with in the past and watched some of the promotional videos from the Men's NetWork. We looked at the Bible study materials and accessed the Web page demonstrating how easy it is to navigate and sign up. We also enjoyed watching "The Baloney Shop" clip about Bill Maher."

And from a lady fan in California, we heard how the Men's NetWork Bible study, He Who Dies With The Most Toys Still Dies, is piquing the interest of church outsiders: "After looking at the preview we felt that the use of Harleys and title might help us more with the mission approach. The intriguing title appealed to us as a "hook" that might help us with inviting a friend to our study."

And from the same woman, some early results: "We used the Bible study for the first time last month and the reception was good. We had 22 people at our last group. We also used the title to promote it to our congregation for our next meeting."

Wonder what the Men's NetWork has on its mind these days? Join the 2,500 folks already signed up and leave a comment on our blog: http://mnmanstuff.blogspot.com. We'll be glad you did.