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 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

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.” I have personally experienced both church-wide and dedicated men’s ministries My life has been massively impacted by two different types men’s ministries. […]

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

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 recent headlines: “3 out of 5 Americans are Lonely” (National Public Radio), “COVID-19 is Making America’s Loneliness Epidemic […]