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Ministries We Recommend
Ministries Intentional about our Father’s Heart
These are ministries and voices on our Father’s heart that we know, trust, and recommend. Teachers, authors, counselors, global movements — each carries the same revelation of the father heart of God: God is a loving Father who welcomes His children home. They come from different streams and countries, and that is a strength. Explore whoever meets your season.
The Personally Known mark means we know that person personally — it is not a ranking. Every ministry here is one we genuinely recommend, and nothing is ranked above anything else.
| Ministry | Focus | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Fatherheart Ministries | The Father’s love & sonship | Schools + books |
| Father’s Love Letter — Barry Adams | The Father’s love, personally | Free letter + book |
| Trevor & Linda Galpin | Encountering God as Father | Retreats + book |
| Leif Hetland — Global Mission Awareness | The Father’s love in missions | Books + missions |
| Barbara Kohler | Healing father wounds | Christian counseling & intensives |
| George & Randi LaDu | Identity in the Father | Online courses + coaching |
| Shiloh Place Ministries | From performance to rest | Schools + conferences |
| Dr. Sandra Steen | Renewing first love for God | Book + movement |
| Dr. Kerry Wood & Dr. Chiqui Polo-Wood | Sonship & the Abba life | Books + local church |
Fatherheart Ministries
Founded by Jack Winter & James Jordan · now led by Denise Jordan
A global movement carrying the Father’s love to more than 60 nations, known for its A Schools (experiencing the Father’s love) and B Schools (walking in sonship). Its founders — Jack Winter, who first carried the “Father’s embrace” message, and James Jordan, author of Sonship — have both gone home to the Lord; the ministry continues. Their books Sonship and The Homecoming remain formative reads.
Father’s Love Letter — Barry Adams
A message from the Father, in 125+ languages
What began in 1999 as a sermon illustration became a global phenomenon: a compilation of paraphrased Scripture written as a personal love letter from the Father to His child. Barry Adams’ ministry, Father Heart Communications, keeps it freely available — read, watched, and shared by millions worldwide.
Trevor & Linda Galpin
Father-heart teaching · author of The Tender Father
Longtime father-heart teachers in the UK, Trevor and Linda Galpin help people encounter God as their real Father as revealed by Jesus. Trevor is a conference speaker and author (The Tender Father), and they continue to lead refreshing retreats and mission partnerships.
Leif Hetland — Global Mission Awareness
Missions through the paradigm of Kingdom family
A forerunner in modern missions, Leif Hetland ministers globally out of a paradigm of the Father’s love and Kingdom family. His books Called to Reign and Seeing Through Heaven’s Eyes teach believers to see themselves, and others, through the eyes of a loving Father.
Barbara Kohler
Personally KnownThe Kohler Group — faith-based Christian counseling
A licensed Christian therapist whose work centers on healing father wounds and instilling a Father-Heart identity — including her “throne room of heaven” training. Through The Kohler Group she offers marriage and individual intensives and therapy (in North Carolina and via telehealth) for those carrying the ache an earthly father left behind.
George & Randi LaDu
Personally KnownKingdom Living — an online academy on identity in the Father
George and Randi LaDu lead Kingdom Living, teaching believers to experience the Father’s love and discover who He made them to be. Their courses — The Beloved and The Identity Project — are self-paced journeys with group and one-to-one coaching, built for people ready to trade striving for belovedness.
Shiloh Place Ministries
Founded by Jack Frost · continued by the Frost family
The ministry Jack Frost founded to help strivers and performers move from earning God’s approval into resting as beloved sons and daughters. Frost’s Experiencing Father’s Embrace became a father-heart staple; his family carries the work forward today through schools and conferences.
Dr. Sandra Steen
Personally KnownFirst Love Reset — spiritual renewal ministry
Dr. Sandra Steen leads the First Love Reset movement, a Christ-centered call back to nearness with the Father when love has cooled to routine. Her book First Love Reset offers eight practical strategies to renew the heart and reignite a first-love passion for God; more resources are on the way.
Dr. Kerry Wood & Dr. Chiqui Polo-Wood
Personally KnownTable of Friends Church · authors of the Abba Series
A husband-and-wife team who have spent decades discipling leaders into a settled life as sons and daughters of Abba. Their Abba Series — The Abba Foundation, The Abba Factor, and The Abba Formation — moves from knowing the Father, to knowing yourself in His eyes, to the Spirit’s work of transformation. Grounded, pastoral, and deeply on-theme.
Frequently asked questions
Which ministries teach the father heart of God?
Trusted father-heart ministries and teachers include Dr. Kerry and Chiqui Wood (Table of Friends and the Abba Series), George and Randi LaDu (Kingdom Living), Dr. Sandra Steen (First Love Reset), Barbara Kohler (The Kohler Group), Fatherheart Ministries (founded by Jack Winter and James Jordan), Shiloh Place Ministries (Jack Frost), Father's Love Letter (Barry Adams), Trevor and Linda Galpin, and Leif Hetland's Global Mission Awareness. Each teaches, from a different angle, the same revelation: God is a loving Father who welcomes His children home.
Are these ministries affiliated with the Father’s Heart Bible?
No. These are independent ministries we recommend because their message aligns with the heart of the Father's Heart Bible™ — that God reveals Himself as a loving Father. We don't speak for them and they don't speak for us; we simply point you to voices we trust on this theme.
What does the “Personally Known” badge mean?
It marks a person we know personally. Every ministry on this page is one we genuinely recommend — that is the only bar for being listed. The badge is not a ranking or a higher tier; it simply tells you, honestly, where we have a personal relationship rather than a recommendation based on their published work.
Where should I start?
Start with Scripture itself — read Luke 15, the prodigal's homecoming, free with audio at fathersheartbible.com/read/luke/15. Then follow whichever voice here meets your season: the Woods or George LaDu for identity, Sandra Steen for renewal, Barbara Kohler for father-wound healing, or the classic reading list of father-heart books.
Keep going: see the best books on receiving our Father’s heart, browse the our Father’s heart resource hub, or find verses about God as Father.
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