Our team of over 200 veteran ministry leaders builds trusted, soul-care relationships with pastors, missionaries, and parachurch workers across the US and abroad. Every month our shepherds share their stories of impact, and it’s our delight to publish some of them for you.
Though names and minor details are changed to ensure strict confidentiality in each story from the front lines, these are real stories of real life-change in God’s Kingdom leaders.
Hope Does Not Disappoint
Some of our Standing Stone shepherds have taught at seminaries around the US. Today’s story comes from a team members who has also served as
How Deep the Father’s Love for Us
Our husband-and-wife shepherding teams are an amazing part of Standing Stone. We love seeing how dynamic duos are influencing ministry leaders for Jesus around the
God’s Heart for Japan
Today’s story comes from one of our shepherds who has been invited to come alongside ministry leaders in Asia. “I’ve been meeting with a missionary
Who Cares for the Children’s Ministry Workers at Your Church?
As every parent knows, a thriving children’s ministry is an essential part of any church. Today’s story comes from one of our female shepherds, who
Equipped for Every Good Work
Almost sixty Standing Stone shepherds gathered in Nashville last weekend for training, worship, and fellowship. Thanks to the generosity of Standing Stone supporters and former
Impact in India
Today we’re celebrating God’s amazing work through Standing Stone shepherds in India, where—despite ongoing persecution under an anti-Christian government—pastors and their wives received training, encouragement,
Like Coming Up for Fresh Air
Today’s story comes from a husband-wife team of Standing Stone shepherds who minister in Europe. God is doing great things around the globe! **Names and
Shepherding in Zambia
Standing Stone shepherd Joel Rissinger serves in the US and abroad. Today’s story comes from the front lines of Joel’s work with ministry leaders in
Pastors in Training
For some time now, I’ve been meeting with a young man enrolled in a pastoral internship program through his local church. He heard about Standing
What Do You Have To Lose?
Whenever I get a referral from our website, I imagine the courage it must have taken for that ministry leader to reach out. He or
Pandemic Fallout
“I reached out to a local Christian counseling center,” he told me. “They said it would be a couple weeks before anyone could see me.”
“Help for Pastors’ Wives”
One day I received a voicemail from our national office. Unsure where to turn, experiencing a crisis she couldn’t navigate on her own, the woman