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.

Why I’m a Biblicist

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Why I’m a Biblicist By Herb Reese   I have been influenced by the Bible throughout my entire life. There has never been a time in my conscious awareness when I did not know about and believe in this amazing book. Paul’s words to Timothy […]

My Most Excellent Visit to Leslie’s Synagogue

I heard recently that the intersection of the 405 freeway with the Santa Monica freeway west of Los Angeles is the busiest in the entire U.S. That didn’t surprise me at all. Even forty-five years ago, when I was commuting as a student to UCLA just north of there, it […]

Men’s Team Ministry for Churches Under Fifty

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Men’s Team Ministry for Churches Under Fifty By Herb Reese   Even Small Churches can do Some Form of Men’s Team Ministry I get this a lot: “We’re a small church. We have less than fifty members. I don’t think men’s team ministry is going […]

When it Comes to Loving Our Neighbor, Time is on Our Side

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” I don’t know about everyone else, but I was really bad at loving my neighbor as myself. I give myself passing grades on husbandhood and fatherhood. But when it came to the neighborhood? Frankly, I could have cared less. In other words, I […]

On Being an Advocate

Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17 People with long term needs need an advocate The person (or people) your men’s team ministry is serving is in a tough situation. Perhaps your care receiver is a single mother of two young children […]

6 Easy Keys to Long Term Men’s Team Ministry

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog 6 Easy Keys to Long Term Men’s Team Ministry By Herb Reese   The widowed and single parents in our churches have long term needs that, by definition, can last for years and even decades. Men’s team ministry meets those needs in a revolutionary way: […]

Establishing Long Term Leadership Continuity

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Establishing Long Term Leadership Continuity By Herb Reese   A long term vision for long term ministry The goal of men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents is to provide effective and consistent ministry to people in churches with long term needs. These […]