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.

Emphasize Safety From the Very Beginning of Your Men’s Team Ministry

All ministry involves liability. While you should not let liability issues stop you from doing biblical ministry, you can mitigate liability by stressing safety from the first day of your men’s team ministry. ( See also my post, “How to Deal with Issues of Liability with Your Men’s Team Ministry.” […]

What Widows and Single Moms Need from the Church

Widows and single moms are often the last to receive significant ministry in the church. But in the New Testament, they were the first. How should the modern church go about serving the widows and single moms in its midst? Here are some suggestions: Widows and single moms need spiritual […]

Some Thoughts on an Online Community for Men’s Team Ministry

The more I think about developing an online community for men’s team ministry, the more excited I get. Here are my thoughts about what this community might look like. It will have three “spaces”: a meeting space, a classroom space, and a bonus space. 1. A meeting space for those […]

The Day Azerbaijani Rebels Liberated New Commandment from Russian Hackers

“Herb, have you checked your website this morning?” Long before Russian hackers hacked into the DNC and Sidney Blumenthal’s emails to Hillary Clinton, they discovered the strategic importance of New Commandment Men’s Ministries. Maybe Vladimir Putin felt we were a geopolitical threat to his international goals, I don’t know. The […]

A Man and His Dog: Spiritual Lessons from Dixie

I’ve mentioned Dixie in a previous post about losing weight. While my dog, a German shepherd husky mix, may seem to have little to do with my three major blogging topics-men’s team ministry to the widowed and single parents, men’s ministry in general, and the pressing needs around us-the spiritual […]