Tom Ellsworth Ministries exists to come alongside churches and ministers with encouragement.

Tom Ellsworth

We are better when we don’t walk alone in ministry. For ministry to be successful, one must be faithfully connected in two directions:

(1) a strong connection with the Lord and,

(2) a strong connection with a friend/ministerial coach. Solo work is not sustainable – we are Better 2-Gether.

Why the unique spelling?  2-Gether captures the importance of dual connectedness.  King Solomon wrote, “Two are better than one…” (Ecc. 4:9)  Jesus sent out the seventy-two in pairs (Luke 10) – better together.  But the principle is deeper than merely working together with one another.  Unless the Lord is also a partner in the process, we will fail.  So, the 2 reminds us that “together” works in two directions – our vertical relationship with the Lord and our horizontal relationship with one another.  Both relationships are vital to ministry success.  Better 2-Gether!

Firstly, please pray for ministers and the congregations they serve.  The future of the Kingdom is at stake.  The apostle Paul wrote to the church at Rome,

14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? Romans 10:14 (NIV)

My passion in this next phase of ministry is to do my part to help with the overwhelming need for encouragement, moral support and life coaching.  Among the reasons for ministerial attrition, one rises to the top: inexplicable loneliness.  Many in ministry have no one to confide in; no one who will listen to their burdens.  It is my desire to be available to help work with disheartened ministers or discouraged congregations to reinvigorate them for the most important work in the world.  Indeed, how can the world hear without someone preaching to them? 

According to research gathered by the Christian Church Leadership Network,

  • 43% of ministers within the Christian Church and Churches of Christ are seriously considering dropping out of ministry. Seventy-four percent of ministers are in debt,
  • 51% feel disconnected from the leadership, and
  • over half of the churches pay nothing toward health care or retirement.

One of a minister’s greatest problems is loneliness – most have no one to talk to confidentially. The needs are great!