Rev. Reginald Lee Bachus
Pastor./Author./Strategist./Founder of RESET.
Helping people, churches, and communities move from where they are to where they are called to be.
Run Your Race. Reset Forward.
Short bio
Rev. Reginald Lee Bachus is a pastor, author, strategist, and founder of RESET, a faith-grounded movement helping individuals, families, churches, and communities move from drift to purpose and from awareness to intentional action.
His work brings together more than two decades of ministry, community leadership, advocacy, and experience across engineering, theology, law, and organizational development.
A graduate of Prairie View A&M University, Yale Divinity School, and Hofstra Law School, Bachus is the author of Run Your Race: Discovering Purpose and Power in God’s Plan and serves as Senior Pastor of Mount Ollie Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York.
Through RESET, he is developing practical frameworks, conversations, resources, and initiatives that equip people to prepare for what is ahead, make better decisions, and move forward by faith.
The Journey
What do engineering, theology, law, community organizing, and pastoral leadership have in common?
For Reginald Lee Bachus, each offered a different perspective on the same challenge: understanding why people and institutions drift away from their purpose, and what it takes to restore alignment.
Understanding systems
B.S., Electrical Engineering
Prairie View A&M University, 2005
Engineering developed a disciplined approach to examining problems, understanding how systems operate, identifying failures, and designing practical solutions.
Understanding purpose
Master of Divinity
Yale Divinity School, 2009
Theological education and pastoral ministry deepened his engagement with faith, spiritual formation, human dignity, service, and the relationship between belief and responsibility.
Understanding institutions
Juris Doctor
Hofstra Law School, 2021
Legal education strengthened his understanding of governance, rights, accountability, institutional structures, and the systems that shape individual and community outcomes.
Different disciplines. Different perspectives. One recurring question:
What happens when people, priorities, decisions, and systems fall out of alignment?
The Origin Story of RESET
Chapter 01
Formation
Bachus’ formation brought together three disciplines that would later shape RESET.
Engineering taught him to map, diagnose, and improve complex systems.
Pastoral ministry kept his work connected to the realities of families, grief, hope, conflict, faith, and human dignity.
Law and civic engagement sharpened his understanding of structure, accountability, governance, and institutional repair.
Key insightUnderstanding people requires understanding the systems that shape their lives.
Chapter 02
The Search
The development of RESET was not limited to formal education.
Through research, reading, travel, conversations, interviews, and encounters with people across different communities and institutions, Bachus examined recurring questions about leadership, purpose, stewardship, governance, and social change.
His search drew upon history, philosophy, faith, public life, and the work of builders and thinkers.
Like Napoleon Hill’s exploration of principles through the lives and experiences of others, this process sought to identify patterns that could be translated into practical guidance.
Key insightWisdom grows when observation is combined with learning, listening, and reflection.
Chapter 03
The Mirror
Across different environments, Bachus repeatedly encountered a gap between what people and institutions said they valued and how they actually operated.
Individuals, organizations, and communities could possess sincere intentions yet remain scattered, reactive, or misaligned.
This raised a more difficult question:
“What are we building, and what is it revealing about us?”
His study and reflection, including engagement with the work of Dr. G, reinforced the importance of examining one’s own decisions and responsibilities before attempting to change others. The mirror comes before the megaphone.
The work was no longer simply about studying problems. It was about confronting them honestly and identifying what responsible action required.
Key insightMeaningful change begins with the willingness to recognize drift and confront misalignment.
Chapter 04
The Crystallization
Over time, the observations, questions, and lessons began to form a coherent framework.
Five principles emerged as a practical decision-making lens: Respect. Educate. Serve. Efficiency. Transparency.
The architecture expanded through research, philosophical reflection, and the development of broader frameworks for personal, institutional, and societal repair.
These ideas informed the 12 Universal Pillars, the Great American RESET concept, and the development of YourRace.us as an operating structure for turning insight into action.
Today, RESET also incorporates a four-step personal process: Grounded → Aligned → Aware → Intentional. Together, these components provide a practical way to recognize drift, clarify priorities, evaluate decisions, and move forward with intention.
Key insightA framework becomes meaningful when it can be understood, practiced, evaluated, and improved.
“RESET was born from a repeated observation: people, institutions, and nations drift when values, decisions, and systems fall out of alignment.”
The person behind the movement
Rev. Reginald Lee Bachus comes from generations of pastors, educators, and community leaders whose lives reflected a commitment to faith, learning, service, and public responsibility.
His family heritage shaped an early understanding that leadership carries obligations beyond personal success.
Bachus began serving as Senior Pastor of Mount Ollie Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York, in 2011. After serving through 2015, he returned to lead the congregation in 2021.
His ministry emphasizes the relationship between faith and practical responsibility, including stewardship, preparation, governance, service, and community development. His leadership has also extended into civic engagement, advocacy, and organizational initiatives.
While attending Prairie View A&M University, he participated in efforts challenging voter disenfranchisement in Waller County, Texas. In 2019, he co-founded The 400 Foundation, an organization focused on advocacy and community advancement.
Bachus earned degrees in electrical engineering, divinity, and law from Prairie View A&M University, Yale Divinity School, and Hofstra Law School. These disciplines shaped his understanding of systems, purpose, governance, and institutional accountability.
He passed the New York State Bar Examination in 2024.
In Run Your Race: Discovering Purpose and Power in God’s Plan, Bachus explores purpose, spiritual growth, endurance, and the responsibility to pursue one’s own calling.
RESET extends that conversation into a repeatable framework for decision-making, personal alignment, leadership, and community transformation.
Through CHURCH FORWARD: Real Conversations, the RESET Resilience Hub, and related educational initiatives, Bachus is developing resources to help families, churches, and communities prepare before a crisis arrives.
His work addresses practical concerns including emergency preparedness, financial stewardship, legal readiness, leadership, technology, and community resilience. His mission is to help people become better prepared, more accountable, and more intentional in how they live, lead, and serve.
The goal is not simply to start over.
It is to understand where you are, recognize what matters, and take responsibility for your next move.
Run Your Race. Reset Forward.
Education
Prairie View A&M University
B.S., Electrical Engineering · 2005
Yale Divinity School
Master of Divinity · 2009
Hofstra Law School
Juris Doctor · 2021
Milestones
Began pastoral leadership at Mount Ollie Baptist Church
Co-founded The 400 Foundation
Earned J.D. and returned to Mount Ollie
Passed the New York State Bar Examination
Published Run Your Race
Expanded RESET initiatives and launched CHURCH FORWARD: Real Conversations
The RESET framework developed over many years; 2026 marks the public launch of specific programs.
Book Reginald Lee Bachus
Available for interviews, keynote presentations, conferences, church gatherings, leadership workshops, educational events, and community conversations.
How passion and God-given talent point to purpose, and how to run your own race instead of someone else’s.
Why motivation fades and what keeps people moving when the feeling is gone.
Small, faithful steps that put belief into daily practice.
Naming the distractions, habits, and burdens that slow the race, and releasing them.
A walk through the four RESET steps for moving from drift to purposeful action.
Using Respect, Educate, Serve, Efficiency, and Transparency as a lens for hard decisions.
Lessons from CHURCH FORWARD on how churches and households can prepare before the storm.
Recognizing when an organization’s values and operations have drifted apart, and how to realign them.
Practical readiness across money, technology, and community life.
What faithful stewardship and accountable leadership require today.
Press
Biography, book overview, interview topics, book information, and contact details.
Download author kitMovement overview, four-step process, five principles, origin story, community initiatives, and speaking topics.
Download RESET kitInterview requests, keynote invitations, conference participation, and organizational partnerships.
Contact / request bookingPhotos, the book press kit, and published articles are on the Press & Media page.