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.

Incremental Love

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I love my wife. Always have. Always will. Patti is the most amazing woman. Just spend ten minutes with her and you’ll find out why. She’s beautiful, godly, intelligent, personable, loving, and fun. She’s the second pea in my pod. On the other hand, I have learned how to love […]

The Healing Effects of Men’s Team Ministry

Every now and then I get this question: If most of your care receivers are women, then why do you emphasize using men to serve them? There are several reasons why New Commandment Men’s Ministries focuses on using men. One reason is because it’s biblical. Jesus and the apostles all […]

Imagine There’s No Hell

A couple of days ago I was watching CNN interview Carolyn Goodman, the mayor of Las Vegas, about the mass shooting there. When asked about her thoughts on Stephen Paddock, she said, “May he rot… ,” and then she suddenly stopped. It was an awkward moment. “Go ahead,” I thought. […]

10 Essential Verses on Good Works

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog 10 Essential Verses on Good Works By Herb Reese   Every now and then I like to remind my readers why serving their widowed and single parents in our churches is important. Of course, one reason it’s important is because these people often have long […]

The Meaning of Widows and Orphans in James 1:27

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New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Meaning of Widows and Orphans in James 1:27 By Herb Reese   For years I’ve thought of the orphans and widows that James refers to in James 1:27 as unrelated individuals. But the other day it dawned on me that James is probably including […]

Loving His Appearing

I was a pretty compliant preschooler so I never got a spanking. But I came close to having my buns warmed the day I spotted a big box of laundry detergent, took it outside, poured it into my sandbox, ran the hose on it, and turned the entire backyard into […]

The Weddings Reunion: A Parable

Once upon a time I had a marvelous idea: I decided I would invite together all the couples for whom I had performed wedding ceremonies to see how they were doing. I planned a lavish reunion and sent out gilded invitations, inviting them to join me and share their experiences […]

Christian, Meet “As”

Christian, meet “As”. As is the one word that separates Christians from all other human beings. In fact, As is the way people recognize that they are in the presence of a follower of Jesus Christ. Imagine that! God has hard wired the entire human race to know when As […]

Preparing Your Teams for Their First Service Day

It’s critical that your men’s team ministry’s first service day goes well so that you can begin to establish healthy patterns that will last for years. At the same time, your first service day will be different from all other service days because it will be more of an introduction […]