New Commandment Men's Ministries
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New Commandment Men's Ministries
Using teams of men to serve widows, single moms, and fatherless children

My Credo

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As an Evangelical Christian, I am not engaged in the process of making America Christian, but in the process of making Americans Christian.

The first is political coercion. The second is the Great Commission.

The first is cultural warfare with flesh and blood. The second is spiritual warfare with Satan himself.

The first is Christians grabbing power and not letting go the way one clutches a live wire with a spasm’d fist…and dies. The second is Christians relinquishing power…and living out the life Christ.

The first always results in the corruption of the church. The second, the multiplication of the church.

The first forces people to obey the law of God through the laws of men. The second disciples Christians to obey the law of God out of love for God.

The first results in the repudiation of the church the way one vomits a foreign object. The second results in the penetration of the church throughout society the way salt permeates a bowl of soup and seasons it.

The first is ugly Christians doing ugly things. The second is the beauty of meekness in the church that adorns the gospel.

The first is self-defeating. The second cannot be defeated.

The Great Commission

“Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20

Our Real Battle

“We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12

Salt and Light

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:13-14

This post first appeared in NewCommandment.org.

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AUTHOR

Herb Reese
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.

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