Our Ministry

Clay & Sally Clarkson

whole heart ministries was started in 1994 by clay and sally clarkson

Prior to founding their Christian home and parenting ministry, Clay and Sally served in vocational ministry since 1975, both as single adults and as a married couple, in overseas missions, discipleship ministries, and church ministry. Whole Heart Ministries embodies the convictions and messages they have cultivated and taught as a couple, and as individual authors and speakers. Below is an overview of the ministry. (For the personal story behind the ministry, click here.)

ORGANIZATION

Whole Heart Ministries is a 501(c)(3) federally tax-exempt religious organization, chartered as a nonprofit in Colorado, with offices in Monument, CO (Colorado Springs area). We are Christ-centered, conservative, and evangelical in our doctrinal beliefs and ministry practices. If you have any questions about this ministry, please contact us.

MISSION

The mission of Whole Heart Ministries is “to encourage, equip, and enable Christian parents to raise wholehearted children for Christ.” We serve Christian families worldwide through ministries of speaking, teaching, training, and writing. We focus on forming faith in the family through discipline, influence, nurture, discipleship, and instruction. We give help and hope to Christian parents to prepare their children to serve Christ and his kingdom.

Ministries

  • Whole Heart Press — Publishing new and public domain books and resources

  • Whole Heart Online — Developing websites, virtual community, and social media

  • Whole Heart Events — Providing hotel and church conferences and events

Initiatives

  • Sally Clarkson Ministry — Encouraging Christian women and mothers in their faith.

  • Mom Heart Ministry — Equipping Christian mothers to minister to other mothers.

  • Storyformed Project — Promoting the imagination, books, and reading for children.

  • Family Faith Project — Promoting a biblical model of family faith formation.

  • Lifegiving Home Project — Promoting the building and beautifying of the home.

  • WholeHearted Learning — Promoting discipleship-based Christian home education.

STATEMENT OF FAITH

Whole Heart Ministries subscribes to the Statement of Faith of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE):

  • We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.

  • We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

  • We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.

  • We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.

  • We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.

  • We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.

  • We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

WHM MILESTONES

  • 1994 — MINISTRY: Founding of Whole Heart Ministries, Walnut Springs, TX, Sept | BOOKS: The WholeHearted Child Home Education Handbook (Whole Heart Press; Sept) | EVENTS: The Christian Home Education Workshop (Walnut Springs, TX; May)

  • 1995 — EVENTS: WholeHearted Child Home Education Workshop | PUBLICATIONS: Whole Heart Catalog; The WholeHearted Mother Journal

  • 1996 — MINISTRY: Moved to Fort Worth, TX | BOOKS: Educating the WholeHearted Child, 2nd ed, and Our 24 Family Ways flipchart (Whole Heart Press) | EVENTS: WholeHearted Child Workshop (Fort Worth, TX); WholeHearted Mother Workshop (Fort Worth, TX)

  • 1997 — EVENTS: WholeHearted Child Workshops

  • 1998 — BOOKS: Seasons of a Mother’s Heart and Just David pb (Whole Heart Press) | EVENTS: WholeHearted Mother Conference (Fort Worth, TX); WholeHearted Child Seminar (Arlington, TX)

  • 1999 — MINISTRY: Moved to Monument, CO | EVENTS: WholeHearted Mother Conference (TX, IN)

  • 2000 — MINISTRY: Nonprofit incorporation in TX and received our IRS 501(c)(3) federal tax-exempt determination letter | EVENTS: WholeHearted Mother Conference (CA)

  • 2001 — EVENTS: WholeHearted Mother Conference (TX, CA, CO, NC) | ONLINE: WholeHeart.org launched

  • 2002 — MINISTRY: Moved to Lebanon, TN | BOOKS: Journeys of Faithfulness, Just David hb, and The Gold Thread (Whole Heart Press) | EVENTS: WholeHearted Mother Conference (TX, KY)

  • 2003 — BOOKS: The Mission of Motherhood and Heartfelt Discipline (WaterBrook Press) | EVENTS: WholeHearted Mother Conference (TX)

  • 2004 — MINISTRY: Moved to Monument, CO; moved nonprofit incorporation to Colorado | BOOKS: Our 24 Family Ways - A Family Devotional Guide (Whole Heart Press); The Ministry of Motherhood (WaterBrook Press) | EVENTS: WholeHearted Mother Conference (CA, TX x2, IN)

  • 2005 — EVENTS: WholeHearted Mother Conference (CA, TX)

  • 2006 — (Sabbatical year)

  • 2007 — BOOKS: The Mom Walk (Harvest House) | EVENTS: WholeHearted Mother Conference (CO, GA, CA, TX) | ONLINE: ITakeJoy.com blog

  • 2008 — BOOKS: Seasons of a Mother's Heart (Whole Heart Press) | WholeHearted Mother Conference (CO, CA, TX)

  • 2009 — BOOKS: Mission of Motherhood (China); Seasons of a Mother's Heart, 2nd ed (Apologia) | EVENTS: WholeHearted Mother Conference (CA, NC x2, TX).

  • 2010 — BOOKS: Our 24 Family Ways 2010 (Whole Heart Press); Read for the Heart (Apologia); Dancing with My Father (WaterBrook Press) | EVENTS: Mom Heart Conference (CO, CA, TX, NC); Mom Heart Leader Intensive Training (Monument, CO)

  • 2011 — BOOKS: Educating the WholeHearted Child, 3rd ed (Apologia) | EVENTS: Mom Heart Conference (CO, CA, TX, NC); Mom Heart Intensive (CO, TN)

  • 2012 — BOOKS: Heartfelt Discipline and The Mom Walk (Whole Heart Press); Journeys of Faithfulness (Apologia) | EVENTS: Mom Heart Conference (CO, CA, TX)

  • 2013 — BOOKS: Caught Up in a Story, Wisdom Chasers, and 10 Gifts of Wisdom (Whole Heart Press; orig. 10 Gifts of Wisdom); Desperate (Thomas Nelson) | EVENTS: Mom Heart Conference (CO, CA, TX, NC)

  • 2014 — BOOKS: You Are Loved (Love God Greatly); Our 24 Family Ways, 3rd ed, Our 24 Family Ways Kids Color-In Book, Heartfelt Discipline, 3rd ed, and Taking Motherhood to Hearts (Whole Heart Press) | EVENTS: Mom Heart Conference (CO, CA, TX) | ONLINE: WholeHeart.org makeover; MomHeart.com; SallyClarkson.com blog

  • 2015 — BOOKS: Own Your Life and You Are Loved Bible Study (Tyndale); Own Your Life Bible Study Guide and Planner (Whole Heart Press) | EVENTS: Mom Heart Conference (CO, CA, TX) | ONLINE: At Home with Sally podcast (9/16/2015)

  • 2016 — BOOKS: The Lifegiving Home and The Lifegiving Home Experience (Tyndale); Your Mom Walk with God (Whole Heart Press) | EVENTS: Mom Heart Conference (CO, CA, TX); final MH Conference filmed in TX | ONLINE: SallyClarkson.com, WholeHeart.org, Storyformed.com to Squarespace platform

  • 2017 — BOOKS: The Lifegiving Table, The Lifegiving Table Experience, Different, and A Different Kind of Hero (Tyndale); 10 Gifts of Heart (Whole Heart Press) | EVENTS: Renew My Heart Getaway (CO, CA, TX, NC, OR); Mum Heart Conference (London, UK)

  • 2018 — BOOKS: The Lifegiving Parent and The Lifegiving Parent Experience (Tyndale) | EVENTS: Mum Heart Conference (UK: London, Leeds, Edinburgh); Mum Heart Intensive Training (UK: Oxford) | ONLINE: Life with Sally membership community (Sep)

  • 2019 — BOOKS: Girls’ Club, Girls’ Club Experience, and Mom Heart Moments (Tyndale); Only You Can Be You (Tommy Nelson); Educating the WholeHearted Child, 4th ed (Whole Heart Press) | EVENTS: Girls’ Club Getaway (TX, NC); Mom Heart Ministry Planning Intensive (CO); Women’s ministry in UK (Oxford)

  • 2020 — BOOKS: Awaking Wonder and The Awaking Wonder Experience (Bethany House) | EVENTS: Mom Heart Ministry Team planning (NC) | ONLINE: Sally participated in Christianity Today streaming event

  • 2021 — BOOKS: Help, I’m Drowning (Bethany House) | EVENTS: Women’s ministry in the UK (Oxford)

  • 2022 — BOOKS: Giving Your Words (Bethany House); Seasons of a Mother’s Heart, 3rd ed, Your Mom Walk with God, 3rd ed, and Own Your Life Experience (Whole Heart Press) | EVENTS: Women’s ministry in the UK (St Aldates Church, Oxford)

  • 2023 — BOOKS: Teatime Discipleship and Teatime Discipleship for Mothers & Daughters (Harvest House) | EVENTS: Women’s ministry in the UK (Pusey House, Oxford)

  • In addition to the above: Eight years of Whole Heart Catalogs of 200+ books and resources for homeschooling families (1994-2002); six years of Whole Heart Letters (1994-2000); multiple WholeHearted Child Workshops (1994-2010); speaking for homeschooling conventions (1992-present); multiple international speaking trips (Hungary, Australia/NZ, China, Poland, UAE, Macedonia, UK, and others); writing a regular column for Practical Homeschooling Magazine (1998-2001, Issues #25-45); and much more. And the story is yet to be written for the road ahead, however long it may be.