Herb Reese
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog What Widows and Single Moms Need from the Church By Herb Reese Here’s a question seldom asked in the local church: What do widows and single moms actually need from the church and how can we address those needs? This post summarizes what […]
The more I think about developing an online community for men’s team ministry, the more excited I get. Here are my thoughts about what this community might look like. It will have three “spaces”: a meeting space, a classroom space, and a bonus space. 1. A meeting space for those […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Using Teams of Men to Serve Widows and Single Moms is Culture Specific By Herb Reese Men’s team ministry is a response to an individualistic culture where spontaneous community is scarce. Comparing modern America with the connected world of the New Testament, this post […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Day Azerbaijani Rebels Liberated New Commandment from Russian Hackers By Herb Reese “Herb, have you checked your website this morning?” Long before Russian hackers hacked into the DNC and Sidney Blumenthal’s emails to Hillary Clinton, they discovered the strategic importance of New Commandment […]
I’ve mentioned Dixie in a previous post about losing weight. While my dog, a German shepherd husky mix, may seem to have little to do with my three major blogging topics-men’s team ministry to the widowed and single parents, men’s ministry in general, and the pressing needs around us-the spiritual […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog How Your Church Can Quit the Moving Business without Guilt By Herb Reese Over the years, I’ve often asked the men in my workshops how many of them have helped someone in their church move. Well over ninety percent raise their hands, often groaning […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Consider Closing in Prayer on Your Care Receiver’s Front Lawn By Herb Reese Closing in prayer on a care receiver’s front lawn can demonstrate the gospel to an entire neighborhood. Through one team’s fourteen-year experience, this article explains how consistent service builds trust, invites […]
We just got through the holiday season, which means we all received a tsunami of requests for donations from charities, New Commandment Men’s Ministries included. But more than a few of us may be experiencing “Giver’s Remorse,” a subtle regret that maybe it wasn’t so smart to shove that $50 […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Why Didn’t the Practice of the Love of Christ Preclude the Civil War? By Herb Reese I know it sounds naive to even ask this question, but if America in the early 19th century could be regarded as primarily a “Christian” nation, meaning the […]
As just about everyone who reads this blog knows, my ministry trains men to show the love of Christ to the widowed, single parents, and others with long term needs in their church and community. We do this by forming men into teams and assigning each team to serve a […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Orthopraxy Has Nothing to do With Your Teeth By Herb Reese After my interview with Jim Daley on Focus on the Family in 2011, I went out to lunch with the producer. He mentioned the hundreds of requests for interviews FOTF gets from a […]
Men’s health and ministry to widows and single moms seem to be two disparate fields. But they aren’t at all. In fact, they’re intimately intertwined.
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog So Your Wife Makes More than You Do? Get Over It. By Herb Reese I’ve been in ministry almost all of my professional life. And my wife has been a nurse practitioner all of hers. Early on in our marriage I realized that I […]
I’ve been putting it off for years, writing a book on men’s team ministry to the widowed and single parents. I’ll probably put it off for one or two more. But at least now I’ve got an outline in my head. Here it is. Chapter 1: I’ll start with my […]
Never underestimate the ability of the human race to corrupt good things, and that extends to good works themselves. Now that the church has a two thousand year track record, we have plenty of examples of how even Christians can turn good works into bad things. Here are several ways […]
Men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents provides exceptional opportunities for men to share the gospel.
Everyone does kind gestures. But not everyone loves the way Christ does. In fact, the love of Christ is unique to Christians. Jesus himself said so.
It’s no secret that American men have a problem with porn. Here are the sad statistics. 68% of young men visit a porn site at least once a week 12% of all websites are pornographic 25% of all search engine requests are porn related But things are different for Christian […]
One of my goals in life is to see the day when men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents becomes standard practice in every church in America, if not the world. Like Sunday School, bulletins and offering plates, men’s team ministry, or something like it, would be just […]