TWELVE STONES MINISTRIES INC

What TWELVE STONES MINISTRIES INC does

Twelve Stones Ministries Inc is an Indiana-based nonprofit Christian counseling organization that operates a single, in-person service: a 3-Day Intensive Biblical Counseling Retreat delivered at its retreat campus in Morgantown, Indiana. The retreat pairs each counselee with a same-gender advocate and provides lodging, meals, and approximately 20 hours of structured counseling across three days, with a six-month follow-up support window. Counseling specialties include couples and marriage, anxiety/depression/stress, addiction, abuse and PTSD, eating disorders, leader care for pastors and ministry workers, grief, and parent/family issues, all delivered through a Christ-centered, Scripture-based methodology rather than secular psychology.

The organization is primarily donor-funded, with retreat fees as a secondary revenue stream priced at $3,000 for individual or couple retreats and $3,500 for groups of three or more. A benevolence fund subsidizes counselees who cannot afford full pricing. The go-to-market model is direct-to-consumer via the website, supported by church referrals and partnerships with the Biblical Counseling Coalition, alongside an organic social presence on Instagram, Facebook, and X. A Biblical Counseling Apprenticeship Program is offered to train future counselors, and an extensive blog serves as a top-of-funnel content marketing channel.

Twelve Stones reports having counseled individuals from all 50 US states and multiple countries. The organization is small (5 employees), holds no patents or technology integrations, and has no disclosed funding rounds, acquisitions, or leadership changes in the available data. There is no indication of online counseling, mobile applications, or digital product extensions; the service model is intentionally high-touch, in-person, and retreat-based.

Name

TWELVE STONES MINISTRIES INC

Legal name

Twelve Stones Ministries Inc

Website

https://twelvestones.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Twelve Stones Ministries Inc is a nonprofit Christian counseling organization operating a 3-Day Intensive Biblical Counseling Retreat at its Morgantown, Indiana campus, serving individuals, couples, families, and church leaders seeking faith-based mental, emotional, and relational healing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Christian Counseling Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Healthcare Ministries (Hospitals, Clinics, Medical Missions) (BPAGAJAH), Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites) (BPAGAJAL)

Keywords

• Biblical counseling retreats
• Christian counseling services
• Marriage counseling ministry
• Addiction recovery counseling
• Pastoral care services

Headquarters

HQ city

Morgantown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Intensive Counseling Retreat Fees: The primary revenue stream comes from retreat fees. Individual & Advocate retreats cost $3000, Couple & Advocates retreats cost $3000, and 3+ People & Advocates retreats cost $3500. Fees include lodging, food, and counseling services.
2. Donations: Twelve Stones is primarily funded by donations to keep the cost of services as low as possible. The organization maintains benevolence funds for people who qualify for financial assistance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Twelve Stones Ministries delivers in-person 3-Day Intensive Biblical Counseling Retreats at its dedicated retreat center in Morgantown, Indiana. Counselees (individuals, couples, or groups of 3+) attend with a Christian advocate for three days of Christ-centered counseling addressing issues such as marriage struggles, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma/PTSD, eating disorders, ministry leader burnout, grief, and family conflict. Retreat fees include lodging, meals, and counseling sessions, with the cost subsidized by donor contributions and benevolence funds.

Product overview

Twelve Stones Ministries Inc operates as a Christian counseling and spiritual retreat organization offering a single primary offering: the 3-Day Intensive Biblical Counseling Retreat. This intensive retreat program is conducted at the organization's retreat center in Morgantown, Indiana and is supported by multiple counseling specialties including Couples & Marriage, Anxiety/Depression/Stress, Addiction, Abuse & PTSD, Eating Disorders, Leader Care, Grief, and Parent & Family Counseling. Additional services include an Advocate Program where counselees bring a Christian companion for support, a Biblical Counseling Apprenticeship Program for training counselors, and educational blog resources. All counseling is delivered through a biblical worldview rather than secular psychology. The organization is funded primarily by donations to keep costs affordable, with pricing of $3,000 for Individual & Advocate or Couple & Advocates, and $3,500 for 3+ People & Advocates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 3-Day Intensive Biblical Counseling Retreat

Quantifiable outcome

• Counseled people from 50 states and multiple countries

Named customers4 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Biblical Counseling Coalition (BCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTwelve Stones is listed as a partnering ministry of the Biblical Counseling Coalition, indicating a strategic alliance focused on advancing biblical counseling standards and practices within the Christian counseling community.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF): CCEF provides biblical counseling, training, and resources to pastors and laypeople, sharing Twelve Stones' Scripture-centered methodology and overlapping customer base of Christians seeking counseling and counselor training.
• Pure Desire Ministries: Pure Desire Ministries provides biblical-based recovery programs for sexual addiction and purity issues, operating intensive retreats and groups that overlap with Twelve Stones' addiction specialty and Christ-centered methodology.
• New Life Ministries: New Life Ministries runs intensive biblical counseling programs (including marriage and women's intensive retreats) directly comparable in format, faith-based orientation, and target customer to Twelve Stones' retreat model.

Broad incumbents

• BetterHelp: BetterHelp is the largest secular online counseling platform; it competes for the same underlying mental health demand as Twelve Stones but serves a broader, non-faith-based audience via a virtual, scalable model.
• Talkspace: Talkspace is a publicly traded telehealth counseling provider addressing anxiety, depression, and relationship issues at scale; it competes with Twelve Stones for the same clinical conditions but without the faith-based or intensive retreat format.

Emerging players

• Bethel Sozo Ministry: Bethel Sozo offers inner-healing and deliverance ministry sessions in a faith-based framework, partially overlapping with Twelve Stones' trauma and emotional-healing use cases within the same Christian audience.
• Hope Center Ministries: Hope Center Ministries runs faith-based residential and intensive discipleship programs targeting addiction, brokenness, and life-controlling issues — overlapping with Twelve Stones' addiction and trauma use cases within a Christian framework.

Others

• Biblical Counseling Coalition (BCC): BCC is an existing strategic partner of Twelve Stones and a network of like-minded ministries and churches that promotes biblical counseling standards; it functions as a referral and standards ecosystem rather than a direct service competitor.
• Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC): ACBC is a certification and training body for biblical counselors; it is an ecosystem enabler that channels referrals to certified counselors and could become a referral source analogous to Twelve Stones' BCC partnership.

Regional players

• WinShape Retreat: WinShape Retreat operates a destination retreat center for groups, churches, and marriages, comparable in physical retreat infrastructure and faith-based orientation but focused on group hosting rather than clinical counseling.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TS_Counsel
• Facebookfacebook.com/twelvestonescounseling
• Instagraminstagram.com/twelvestonescounseling
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/twelve-stones-ministries-inc

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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