Life Impact

What Life Impact does

Life Impact is a US nonprofit Christian ministry headquartered in Rockmart, Georgia, that operates a portfolio of multi-day immersive retreats and community programs designed to foster spiritual growth, identity restoration, and intentional fatherhood. Its core offerings include the Wild at Heart men's retreat ($350), the Becoming A King advanced men's retreat ($375), the Captivating women's retreat ($350 + $100 single occupancy), the Survival School advanced men's program, and the Becoming A Generalist weekend ($300-500) covering practical trade skills such as plumbing, electrical, welding, and marksmanship. All retreats are run at partner venues — primarily Woodlands Camp and Retreat Center, a 131-acre property in Cleveland, GA — using packaged video sessions and curriculum from John and Stasi Eldredge (Wild at Heart / Captivating) and Morgan Snyder (Becoming A King).

The organization monetizes through three primary streams: one-time retreat registration fees (pay-as-you-go, billed via Stripe), a recurring $25/month Intentional Dad Club subscription that bundles exclusive content, early event access, and a military-style dog tag, and tax-deductible one-time/recurring donations accepted through its website. A fourth, minor stream is affiliate referrals to Wild at Heart books, merchandise, and the Wild at Heart Tribe subscription. Distribution is hybrid: direct self-serve registration on lifeimpact.com, supplemented by a Fires host network of volunteer-led monthly gatherings across Cedartown, Senoia, Clermont, and other locations, and amplified through the local.wildatheart.org platform and the Become Good Soil Podcast.

Operationally, Life Impact is a thin organization: 1-10 employees, a largely volunteer Board of Directors chaired by Zach Thomas (a Chick-fil-A franchise operator), and an Executive Director (Phil Gable) who leads the ministry's retreat facilitation and community outreach. Its customer base is fragmented across individual men, women, and fathers, with no enterprise contracts or anchor accounts, and its growth signals to date are product-line broadening (new retreats, subscription tier) and geographic spread of Fires hosts rather than headcount or revenue scaling. There is no proprietary technology platform, no AI/ML component, and no institutional funding — the business model is fundamentally an event-driven ministry with a thin recurring-revenue layer.

Name

Life Impact

Legal name

Life Impact

Website

https://lifeimpact.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Life Impact is a nonprofit Christian ministry that runs multi-day men's and women's identity-restoration retreats, a $25/month fatherhood subscription, and a network of local Fires gatherings, serving individuals across the Southeast US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Christian Ministry Retreats

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAKAHAM

Religious Retreats & Spiritual Wellness Travel Agencies

Travel & Hospitality/Travel Agencies, Tour Operators & OTAs/Religious & Pilgrimage Travel Agencies

SECONDARYTHAJAHAB

Wellness Retreats & Immersions (Multi-day, Digital Detox, Mind-Body Programs)

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Wellness & Spa Experiences (Retreats, Thermal Baths, Yoga)

SECONDARYTHAJALAI

Private Wellness & Retreat Experiences (Personalized Spa, Yoga, Healing)

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Private & Custom Experiences (VIP, Bespoke Itineraries)

Keywords

• Christian men's retreats
• Christian women's retreats
• Spiritual formation programs
• Fatherhood community
• Faith-based leadership training

Headquarters

HQ city

Rockmart

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Retreat Registrations: Revenue generated from paid retreat registrations including Wild at Heart Retreat ($350), Becoming A King Retreat ($375), Captivating Retreat ($350 + $100 single occupancy), and Becoming A Generalist weekend ($300-500). Prices include lodging and meals.
2. Intentional Dad Club Membership: Monthly subscription program at $25/month providing fathers with exclusive content, resources, early access to father-son and father-daughter events, and a military-style dog tag. Members also support Life Impact's mission through their contributions.
3. Donations: One-time and recurring donations accepted via the website's Give platform. Donations are tax-deductible. Also accepts payments for retreat balances.
4. Partner Resources: Promotion and referral of partner resources including Wild at Heart books, merchandise from Amazon shop, and Wild at Heart Tribe subscription services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Life Impact is a nonprofit Christian ministry that hosts multi-day immersive retreats (Wild at Heart, Survival School, Becoming A King, Captivating, Becoming A Generalist) for men and women, alongside monthly local Fires gatherings and a subscription-based Intentional Dad Club membership program. The retreats feature video sessions, interactive story groups, guided reflection, and adventure activities grounded in content from best-selling authors John and Stasi Eldredge and Morgan Snyder.

Product overview

Life Impact is a ministry organization offering a portfolio of Christian retreat experiences and community programs for personal transformation. The core offerings include Wild at Heart Retreat (formerly BASIC), Survival School, Becoming A King Retreat, Captivating Retreat, and Becoming A Generalist weekend — all featuring video sessions, reflection, and group activities based on content from John and Stasi Eldredge and the Wild at Heart team. Supporting offerings include Fires (local monthly gatherings), the Intentional Dad Club membership program, and curated content resources. The organization operates as a distributed model, empowering local hosts to facilitate retreats in communities rather than operating centralized facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Intentional Dad Club: A community of fathers committed to intentional parenting, offering monthly donation-based membership with a military-style dog tag recognition and curated parenting resources.
• FIRES

Products and services

• Wild at Heart Retreat A four-day men's retreat based on John Eldredge's best-selling book Wild at Heart, featuring video sessions, reflection, movies, and adventure activities to help men rediscover their true identity and deepen their faith. Priced at $350 per person including lodging and meals.
• Survival School A 4-day advanced men's retreat designed for graduates of the Wild at Heart Retreat, focusing on radical discipleship, immersive teaching, and navigating life's deepest challenges with confidence in Christ.
• Becoming A King Retreat
• Captivating Retreat
• Becoming A Generalist
• Fires
• Intentional Dad Club

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Woodlands Camp and Retreat CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1997Woodlands Camp has been partnering with Life Impact and Wild at Heart ministries since 1997 to provide retreat facilities. Their 131-acre property in Cleveland, GA hosts multiple Life Impact events including Wild at Heart, Becoming A King, and Captivating Retreats.
• John and Stasi Eldredge / Wild at HeartcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLife Impact serves as allies to John and Stasi Eldredge, the best-selling authors of Wild at Heart and Captivating. The organization hosts retreats based on their books and distributes their video sessions and resources through local host networks, making these transformative events accessible to men and women everywhere.
• Morgan and Cherie SnydercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMorgan Snyder is the author of Becoming a King and has developed the Becoming A King Retreat curriculum. Life Impact hosts these retreats and distributes his content through weekend events and the Becoming A Generalist program.
• Become Good Soil PodcastminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLife Impact team members (Phil Gable, Zach Thomas) appear on the Become Good Soil Podcast hosted by Morgan Snyder to share their stories and promote Life Impact events and resources.
• Amazon / Ransomed Heart ShopminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLife Impact's resources page links to Amazon shop for Wild at Heart books and merchandise, as well as the Wild at Heart Tribe subscription service.
• Wild at Heart (local.wildatheart.org)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLife Impact utilizes the local.wildatheart.org platform for hosting Fire gatherings and connecting attendees to retreats near their location.
• Passion City Church at TrilithminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhil Gable, Life Impact's Executive Director, serves as a door holder at Passion City Church at Trilith and shared his story through baptism there.
• A Better Way MinistriesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhil Gable serves the men in recovery at A Better Way Ministries on a weekly basis, helping encourage them in their faith. This is part of Life Impact's community outreach.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Man in the Mirror: Established nonprofit men's discipleship organization that equips churches and leaders to disciple men; overlaps with Life Impact's mission to equip men as Christ-like husbands, fathers, and leaders across the U.S.
• Promise Keepers: Long-established men's Christian ministry that runs large-scale men's conferences, events, and discipleship resources, serving a similar Christ-centered masculine-formation audience as Life Impact's Wild at Heart and Becoming A King retreats.
• Focus on the Family: Large Christian family ministry offering resources, retreats, and content for parents and fathers; an adjacent incumbent whose fatherhood and marriage content intersects with Life Impact's Intentional Dad Club and family-oriented retreats.
• Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ): Large interdenominational Christian ministry running retreats, conferences, and discipleship programs (e.g., university retreats, men's and women's ministry tracks) that overlap with the spiritual retreat and formation space Life Impact occupies.

Direct peers

• Iron Sharpens Iron: Christian men's ministry running weekend retreats, conferences, and small-group discipleship for men, organized around similar themes of authentic masculinity, spiritual leadership, and brotherhood that Life Impact's retreats target.
• Wild at Heart Tribe (Ransomed Heart subscription): Subscription-based digital community and content library sold by Ransomed Heart; directly comparable to Life Impact's Intentional Dad Club monthly subscription model and shares the same content ecosystem.
• Band of Brothers (BoB) Samaritan Project: Christian men's ministry conducting small-group, retreat-based discipleship along the Restoration Model framework; very comparable event-based, volunteer-led delivery model aimed at men seeking freedom and leadership formation.
• Ransomed Heart / Wild at Heart: The originating ministry founded by John and Stasi Eldredge whose curriculum, content, and brand Life Impact directly delivers in retreat form; the most directly comparable organization operating men's and women's formation retreats nationally and internationally.

Emerging players

• Passages (Zip、白金套餐 college spiritual retreats): Faith-based organization facilitating retreats and immersive experiences; comparable in delivery format and spiritual-development mission, though primarily oriented to adult leadership cohorts similar to Life Impact's audience.
• Authentic Manhood (Watermark Resources): Curriculum-driven men's discipleship program used by churches, including retreat- and small-group-based content focused on masculine identity and fatherhood; comparable content library and adjacent retreat delivery to Life Impact's offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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