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.
Churches need to first love single moms and then give them the truth.

First Love then Truth: How Jesus Ministered to Sinners

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog First Love then Truth: How Jesus Ministered to Sinners By Herb Reese   “Why should we invite unrepentant and unmarried single moms and their illegitimate children into our church?” That’s the elephant in the room when it comes to the question of the church ministering […]

Family lines in the Old Testament prove that families are incapable of transmitting spiritual life.

Messy Families and Family Lines in the Old Testament

“Building the Church by Building Strong Families.” That is the MO of almost all churches in America today. But the problem with trying to build the kingdom of God on earth by building spiritually healthy families is that it has been tried before. Many times, in fact. For centuries. And each attempt has failed miserably.

God will ultimately answer all our doubts.

Dealing with Doubt

There are two kinds of Christians in this world: those who acknowledge that at times they have doubted their faith…and liars. Of course, Christianity — and religion in general — do not have a monopoly on doubt. Some philosophers have doubted the existence of the external world (solipsism). And famous […]

My Upcoming Article on Single Moms

Men’s team ministry fascinates me for many reasons. One if them is the way it involves several different kinds of ministry. It involves men’s ministry, of course. But it also involves ministries to widows, widowers, single moms and dads, fatherless and motherless children, the disabled, and anyone else with long […]

13 reasons why men's ministries die

13 Reasons Why Men’s Ministries Die

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog 13 Reasons Why Men’s Ministries Die By Herb Reese   A healthy men’s ministry is like a lush, green lawn. When a lawn has the necessary elements for it to thrive – rich soil, water, sunlight, and nutrients – it thrives. Great lawns don’t just […]

Man in a mirror illustrates James 1:23-24.

Don’t be this Man in the Mirror

Be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he […]

Will there be a First Baptist Church of Mars?

If you have one million earthlings settling Mars, then it’s inevitable that a First Baptist Church of Mars (and a lot of other churches, mosques and temples) is going to pop up.

When I realized as a pastor that my congregational care was lacking, God led me to better address our long term pressing needs.

Congregational Care and Long Term Pressing Needs

What is unique about New Commandment Men’s Ministries is that it addresses long term needs by providing teams of men for practical and relational support over years and sometimes even decades.

Some churches form teams of men for their widows.

What Churches Do for Widows and Widowers

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog What Churches Do for Widows and Widowers By Herb Reese   “Not much.” If you are a widow or widower and have had any experience with churches, that is probably what you thought when you saw the title for this post. And you are right. […]

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O the Joys of SEO

SEO is simply telling people online who you are and what you do. Therefore, SEO is vital to any online ministry’s success.