Dear Friend,

I would like to personally welcome you to The Elijah Project; the Ministry Education and Support Community that provides training and support resources for today's clergy and religious leaders.

Having served under a number of pastors through various ministry positions and experienced the personal challenge of balancing ministry and personal life, I have developed a great respect and understanding for a pastor's need for effective support staffs and lay leadership. Unfortunately, there are many clergy and religious leaders who endure crises in their ministries and personal lives without adequate support because they do not know where to go for ministry support and help. Their support efforts are sometimes abandoned because their search has either been unsuccessful or the support they've received has not provided their desired results. With this in mind and heart, The Elijah Project is God's blessing and my gift to you.

The Elijah Project is the result of my trials and efforts to find sources of support for my personal ministry and private life. Although I was educated early in my ministry through seminary and doctorial studies, I soon realized that there were still areas of unknown voids that existed in my personal life and ministry. The vision that God gave me for The Elijah Project was not only to find sources of support that would fill my personal voids, but to "minister to ministers" by creating an online community of support where religious leaders and their families may come for support in their ministries and personal lives.

Please consider this "welcome" as your personal invitation to come in and visit The Elijah Project. As a ministry, we provide clergy, clergy spouses, and lay leaders with personalized, training opportunities in the areas of leadership development and church business administration. But as a community, we offer "houses of refuge"; a community of ministries with the heart and desire to heal the wounds of hurting clergy.

My prayer is that The Elijah Project will be your online support community. Please feel free to contact me at your convenience via mail or email with any questions you may have regarding The Elijah Project. It would be my honor and privilege to discuss with you ways that this ministry may be of support to your life, ministry, and congregation.

Once again, welcome and thank you for visiting our community.
Blessings and peace.
Bill Whitaker