Stonebreaker Ministries

Look What God
Is Building

“I will remove the heart of stone… and give you a heart of flesh.”

— Ezekiel 36:26

Right now, a divorced father is sitting alone in a rental apartment, wondering if he will ever feel like himself again. He told everyone he’s fine. He is not fine.

This place exists to make sure he doesn’t stay there.

The Crisis No One Is Solving

Divorced Fathers Are
Invisible Infrastructure

137K
Men search for help with divorce recovery every month in the U.S.
70%
of divorced men report they had nowhere to turn for real support
0
Faith-based retreat centers in the U.S. built specifically for this

Churches offer small groups. Counselors offer sessions. Books offer theories.

Almost nothing rebuilds a man in a place designed for exactly that purpose.

Most solutions talk. Very few rebuild. And none create an environment where a man can step away, face truth, and return different.

Why This Exists

Three Generations.
One Calling.

It started in a gas station in Zearing, Iowa. A boy named Dan stood beside his grandfather — a man everyone called Pooch — and watched him fix things for people. Cars, tractors, furnaces. Whatever was broken, Pooch fixed it. And people trusted him because he never left anything half-done.

Pooch’s son Jerry became a diesel mechanic, then an over-the-road trucker. Same hands. Same ethic. Dan followed them both into the Navy, then into 30 years of facilities and operations work — coordinating maintenance, dispatching technicians, managing systems that kept buildings standing.

Then Dan’s marriage ended. And he discovered something: the skills that fix buildings can fix people. Diagnose the real problem. Don’t patch the surface. Use the right tools. Follow the process. Don’t leave until the job is done.

On December 12, 1999, Dan walked into a Starbucks inside Clackamas Town Center, Oregon — just a coffee date. But God had other plans. A prophetess spoke over him that night and revealed gifts of healing, deliverance, and evangelism. The calling to build a place where men are restored came later, confirmed again and again over the next twenty-five years. That word has been in motion ever since.

“Men walk out as the man they thought was lost.”

What Happens Here

A Man Arrives Broken.
He Leaves Rebuilt.

This is not a weekend escape. It is a reset point.

Friday Evening
Arrival & Separation
Removed from noise, routine, and the identity roles that are suffocating him. The property itself begins the work.
Friday Night
The Furnace
Fire-centered gathering. Men sit face to face. No distractions. No masks. This is The Forge — where brotherhood begins.
Saturday Morning
Labor & Purpose
Physical work — woodworking, building, craft. They heal by doing something real alongside other men who understand.
Saturday Afternoon
The Weaver’s Loom
Biblical teaching applied directly to life. The threefold cord: God the Father, Jesus the Thread, Holy Spirit the Weaving.
Saturday Night
Breakthrough
Honest evaluation of choices, patterns, identity. Truth is direct — not softened. Outcome is expected, not hoped for.
Sunday Morning
Sending
He leaves with structure, not inspiration. Identity, direction, responsibility. A brotherhood that follows him home.

“This is not a retreat. It is a rebuilding.”

“They don’t know they’re being changed. But we do.”

Every element exists for a reason. Nothing is decorative.

Named Giving Opportunities

Build Something That Will
Outlast All of Us

Trinity Lodge
U-shaped two-story timber and stone lodge. Great Hall, teaching space, commercial kitchen, 10-room guest wing. The operational heart of campus.
Named Gift — $2.0M–$2.5M
The Compound (Shell)
U-shaped activity center structure. The building that houses the Workshop, Children’s Wing, and North Base. Where healing infrastructure begins.
Named Gift — $300K–$450K
Chapel
Extended A-frame timber construction with stone foundation. Outdoor stone baptismal. Seats 20–30. Reverent and simple.
Named Gift — $200K–$400K
Men’s Workshop
West Wing interior buildout — forge, woodshop, equipment bay, leather station, project cubbies. Where men reconnect body, mind, and purpose through real work.
Named Gift — $250K–$400K
A Formation Cabin
One of four private guest cabins, each named for a station of restoration. Purpose-built for fathers and children.
Named Gift — $150K–$225K Each
The Children’s Wing
East Wing interior buildout — mini golf, toddler corner, activities, AV, and safe programming while fathers do the hard work.
Named Gift — $150,000
Site Infrastructure
Roads, septic, water, power, parking. The unseen work that makes everything else possible.
Named Gift — $300K–$500K
The Weaver’s Loom
Signature threshold monument. The threefold cord of Ecclesiastes 4:12. Every man who enters campus passes through it.
Named Gift — $55K–$65K
Entrance Gate & Road
The Streams of Life stone arch. Faith & Family on one pillar. Hope & Restoration on the other. The first thing every man sees when he arrives.
Named Gift — $150K–$250K

“Men don’t heal by sitting in a circle talking about their feelings. They heal by doing something real alongside other men who understand.”

Why This Is Different

Most Environments Are Built for Comfort.
This One Is Built for Transformation.

Everywhere Else
Environment is neutral — conference rooms, hotel lobbies
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Environment is intentional — every element reinforces purpose
Everywhere Else
Brotherhood is optional — sit and listen, leave when ready
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Brotherhood is required — no spectators, participation only
Everywhere Else
Truth is softened — designed to avoid discomfort
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Truth is direct — designed to produce change
Everywhere Else
Outcome is hoped for — “we pray something sticks”
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Outcome is expected — the process is engineered to deliver it

“He was lost, and is found.”

Luke 15:24

Join What God Is Building

This Place Will Exist Because
Someone Said Yes

You are not being asked to give to an idea. You are being invited to build something that will rebuild men — and the children who need their father back.

Share This VisionSend this page to someone who needs to see it — or — Request the Full Vision PackageMaster plan, campus renderings, Five Pillars framework, and budget Give a Named GiftFund a specific station: forge, cabin, chapel, trail, or infrastructure Schedule a Founder ConversationFor those considering a lead gift of $50,000 or more