Herb Reese

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Herb Reese is an author, public speaker and President of New Commandment Men's Ministries. Herb has a B.A. in History from UCLA and a Th.M. in Pastoral Ministries from Dallas Theological Seminary. He has done post graduate work in The History of Ideas at University of Texas, Dallas and in Church Administration at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. After serving as a pastor over a period of twenty years, Herb founded New Commandment Men's Ministries, a ministry dedicated to helping churches recruit, train, organize and deploy teams of men who permanently adopt their widowed and single parents. Herb has served as President of New Commandment since 2003 and has helped 1,000 churches develop men's team ministries in all 50 states and eight foreign countries. Herb and his wife, Patti, live in Arvada, Colorado, and have three adult children.
Fatherless boys often find it difficult to express their emotions about feelings of rejection.

Repressed, Alone, Betrayed, Rudderless and Hopeless: How it Feels to be a Fatherless Boy

“Rejection is the defining characteristic of the fatherless generation.” William Pollack [Note: This post is taken from an article by Herb Reese entitled, “A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Fatherless Boys.”] In this series of posts on fatherless boys, I now turn to the psychological aspects of fatherlessness. Repressed: Fatherless Boys […]

There is a correlation between the number of fatherless boys and church attendance in America.

Fatherless Boys in Perspective

Fatherless boys represent a massive mission field in America that is just waiting for the church — and especially men’s ministry in the church — to address.

John Reese

How John Reese Was Born Again

My brother John rebelled against Christianity. But amazingly, he trusted Jesus Christ as his savior at the age of 39.

Starting a ministry to single moms takes prayer and preparation.

How to Start a Single Moms Ministry

We want to see unchurched single moms finding Jesus Christ as their savior and growing in their newfound faith with confidence and hope. We also want to see Christian single moms loved and accepted in the church for the amazing women that they are.

The church can meet many of the needs that single moms have.

Single Moms and the Church

This post is part of a series entitled, “ Since 2003 New Commandment Men’s Ministries has helped hundreds of churches throughout North American and around the world recruit teams of men who permanently adopt their widowed and single parents in their congregations for the purpose of donating two hours of […]

Churches need to first love single moms and then give them the truth.

First Love then Truth: How Jesus Ministered to Sinners

“Why should we invite unrepentant and unmarried single moms and their illegitimate children into our church?” That’s the elephant in the room when it comes to the question of the church ministering to single mom households. Of course, the answer is, “Because they need Jesus and Jesus would welcome them […]