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.

The Men’s Ministry I Know (Part 6)

This and previous posts in this series have been incorporated into the Introduction of my online article, “A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men.” The Marshal fire — that fire in December of 2021 that destroyed over 1,000 homes in Boulder, Lafayette, and Superior, Colorado — left block after block with […]

The Men’s Ministry I Know (Part 5)

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Men’s Ministry I Know (Part 5) By Herb Reese   This and previous posts in this series have been incorporated into the Introduction of my online article, “A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men.” “Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women […]

The Men’s Ministry I Know (Part 4)

This and previous posts in this series have been incorporated into the Introduction of my online article, “A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men.” What’s the big deal? Okay, we’ve seen how modern men’s ministry is making the mistake of not distinguishing between what Christian men are supposed to be as […]

The Men’s Ministry I Know (Part 3)

This and previous posts in this series have been incorporated into the Introduction of my online article, “A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men.” Hidden away and ignored – the sacrifice Christian men ought to do The headquarters for the Navigators is located a few miles northwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado. […]

The Men’s Ministry I Know (Part 2)

This and the previous post in this series have been incorporated into the Introduction of my online article, “A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men.” Over the past fifty years of my adult life I have been exposed to dozens and dozens of parachurch men’s ministries. The first two that I […]

The Men’s Ministry I Know (Part 1) – The Men’s Hall of Shame

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Men’s Ministry I Know (Part 1) – The Men’s Hall of Shame By Herb Reese   This post is the first in a series series of posts that have been incorporated into the Introduction of my online article, “A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men.” […]

What it Means to Reach and Utilize All of the Men in Your Church

This post is part of a series of posts that have been incorporated into Part 1 of my online article, “A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men.” My pastoral role for twenty years naturally led to tunnel vision: my focus was constantly on my individual congregation. But transitioning to a national […]

Scientists Identify Specific Brain Circuit for Spirituality in Both Men and Women

The discovery of a dedicated brain circuit for spirituality in every human being has broad implications for all of society A recent neurological discovery relating to our ability to think about spiritual things that has been widely reported in the media has wide-ranging implications for ministry and for our culture in […]

On Treating Church Members as Actual Family Members

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog On Treating Church Members as Actual Family Members By Herb Reese   I am writing you these instructions so that… you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household. 1 Timothy 3:14, 15 A crisis of loneliness plagues America. Consider the following […]

One Christian’s Review of “The Man in the Mirror,” by Patrick Morley

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog One Christian’s Review of “The Man in the Mirror,” by Patrick Morley Book Review by Herb Reese   Patrick Morley, author of The Man in the Mirror: Solving the 24 problems men face, is the founder and Executive Chairman of Man in the Mirror. After […]

Men's ministry is effective when it pleases God.

Why Jesus? The Question Every Men’s Ministry Must Answer

Several years ago I was sharing my faith with a social worker in my community when he responded by saying, “I don’t want to be a Christian because I don’t want to spend the rest of my life, not to mention eternity, in meetings.” He had a point. In his […]

Some Additional Thoughts on Men’s Ministry and Alcohol

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Some Additional Thoughts on Men’s Ministry and Alcohol By Herb Reese   Ambivalent. That is the feeling I think we all have when it comes to men’s ministry and alcohol. We see some benefits, but we also see significant problems. My post on this subject […]