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.

An Easy Way to Form Teams When Starting Your Men’s Team Ministry

The goal of a men’s team ministry orientation is to recruit teams of men. So the process of forming teams at the end of your orientation is critical. Don’t obsess over forming your teams But while forming teams is the goal of your orientation, you don’t have to get obsessive […]

The Power of Wallflowers

The problem with Protestant, non-liturgical churches is they tend to be personality driven. The reason is because Protestant churches elevate the sermon to a central focus of worship. And if the sermon is critical to the worship service, then the ability of the pastor to preach the sermon well becomes […]

My Tribute to Dr. and Mrs. John G. Mitchell

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t for me and my cousins, Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell will always be remembered as “Uncle John and Auntie Mary.” Because they had no children of their own, Uncle John and Auntie Mary treated me, my siblings and my cousins like their own sons and daughters.

WANTED! Churches with Men’s Team Ministries for Case Studies

This month I’m working on a new section of my Meeting to Meet Needs membership site. The section is called “Case Studies.” I’m in the process of compiling a list of churches with men’s team ministries to their widowed and single parents that I’d like to review on the site […]

No Self Respecting Man Would Sit at a Turquoise Picnic Table

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Kristin Schell’s sojourn as an exchange student in France, with their long, boisterous three-times-a-day family meals, instilled a hunger in her heart to recreate the same kind of experience in her own home here in the States. The problem, however, was that our hectic way of life – and her […]

Bringing Sons on Men’s Team Ministry Service Days

Someone from Illinois recently passed on this question to me that he received about bringing sons on service days: “I just got a question from a dad who would like his 14 and 10 year olds to be on a team. What is the earliest age recommended or approved to […]

Suggested Readings for Halloween, 2017

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My medieval history professor at the very secular and anti-Christian UCLA didn’t intend to evangelize his class. But that’s exactly what he did when he made the mistake of assigning us to read some of Martin Luther’s Reformation writings, including The Pagan Servitude of the Church and Preface to the […]

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When and How to Recruit Care Receivers for Your Men’s Team Ministry

The task of recruiting care receivers for your men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents in your church can at times be delicate and challenging. A few missteps can lead to hurt feelings, unmet expectations and general confusion. Here are some suggestions for making recruiting care receivers easier […]

A Ministry to Single Moms You Need to Know About

For several years I’ve been on the advisory board for The Life of a Single Mom, founded by Jennifer Maggio. I’ve watched with great enthusiasm as this ministry has become the nation’s leading single mom ministry. I think it’s time all of my readers know about TLSM. When Jennifer was […]