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.
Meeting to Meet Needs trans teams of men to serve widows, single moms, and fatherless children.

I Don’t Care if You Use Teams of Men to Serve Widows and Single Moms

Those of you who have been following my ministry for the past nineteen years know that I have been advocating using teams of men to serve widows, single moms, and anyone else in their churches with long term needs. This men’s team ministry model has been implemented in hundreds of […]

Why I Don’t Worry about Money, and Why You Shouldn’t Either

Photo courtesy Kevin Dooley I have been young, and now I am old, but I have never seen a righteous person abandoned or his descendants begging for food. Psalm 37:25 “Money is God’s problem, not mine.” That’s my life motto when it comes to money. Don’t get me wrong. I […]

Church with Men’s Team Ministry Survives Paradise, CA Fire

All of us have been following the news about the tragic fire in Paradise, California. The “Camp Fire” is the worst fire in California history. Almost every home and building in Paradise has burned to the ground and the death toll is nearing 100. As I watched the sad news, […]

True Manly Meekness is not Weakness

“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” – Jesus “Meek: 1)enduring injury with patience and without resentment; 2) deficient in spirit and courage.” – Miriam-Webster Militant themes dominate men’s ministry these days. Men’s ministry leaders love to describe Christian men as soldiers fighting the good fight. Generals, […]

“Go Tell My Brothers” – Jesus’ Second Human Race

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For the last few years I’ve been enjoying exploring my family tree on Ancestry.com. Since I was a “surprise” baby – my mother was 44 and my father 47 when I was born – I missed out on many of the family stories. This new hobby gives me a chance […]

My Surprising and Spiritually Refreshing Visit to The British Museum

I don’t know if you’ve ever been to London, but if you go, don’t miss The British Museum. It will be an unexpected source of spiritual encouragement for you. Patti attended a medical conference in Europe the last couple of weeks and I tagged along for fun. Besides maintaining her […]

Exclusivity and the Church

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Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of […]

Faded Love: Without a Plan, It’s Inevitable

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Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:8 Widowhood is all about the experience of overwhelming loss: the loss of a loved one you have spent years nurturing a relationship with, building a home with, raising children with, eating meals with, paying bills with, watching TV with, making love with… And then […]