Club 83 is an organization created to support Standing Stone Ministry.

It believes in the Leader Care Movement and Endorses Standing Stone’s goal to “Shepherd the Shepherds”.

You can become a member by commiting to a $83.33 per month donation. All donations are tax deductible allowed by law.

If you would like more information or are looking to cancel your donation or edit your donations, you can contact our office at (970) 264-9329 Monday – Friday 9am – 1pm (PST). Or you can fill out the form on this page, and someone will be in contact as soon as possible to assist you. 

Standing Stone's Mission is to significantly reduce the number of pastors and ministry leaders leaving their ministries prematurely with this three-pronged approach:

1. Care for pastoral couples at risk for leaving the ministry.
2. Educate church boards and members on the challenges and needs of their pastoral staff.
3. Establish mentoring relationships between our shepherds and graduating students going into full-time vocational ministry. 

58% of pastors feel seminary had not prepared them for ministry tasks.

Pastors feel pressured to be the best at everything they do. They are expected to bring an inspired message every week, oversee church finances, staff, facilities, worship service, organize and implement community outreach programs, manage volunteers, and counsel the broken hearted. Pastors can't live up to these unrealistic expectations.

65% of pastors feel their family lives in a glass house and fear they are not good enough to meet expectations.

Although many pastors accept they will be criticized from time to time, a large number battle feelings of resentment when that criticism goes beyond normal work situations into their personal family life. Ministry families hate being in a glass house and often leave the ministry because of it.

58% of pastors feel they do not have any good, true friends.

When ministry leaders have shared their personal issues and struggles with friends, many have experienced painful retributions. Some have been the subject of gossip and have even been fired from their ministry position. It is risky to share their problems with others; consequently, they avoid getting too close to people.

*Reference cited: Statistics on Pastors: 2016 Updated. Francis A. Schaeffer Institute of Church Leadership Development