Mending the Soul Ministries Inc
Changing the world one relationship at a time.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Mending the Soul is a non-profit, privately funded organization with a global vision — to bring community-based restoration to people worldwide who have experienced abuse. We create wholistic healing models to educate and resource individuals, churches, and service organizations with sustainable trauma care materials contextualized for their specific communities. We believe that healing happens in community, and seek to create resources that foster safe, restorative relationships.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Mending the Soul Basic Facilitator Training
This on-demand, self-paced online training gives valuable skills, direction, and tools to those interested in facilitating Mending the Soul small groups. You will walk through everything from education on basic trauma and story exercises to the nuts and bolts of facilitating a group.
Where we work
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
To bring community-based restoration to people worldwide who have experienced abuse.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We continue to reach out our current donors while seeking more organizations and people to help us attain the goals and mission we have in reaching out domestically and globally. We are working on several new translations for our current curriculum while writing new curriculum.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have over 17 years of successful experience reaching out to survivors of abuse. We have partners in several countries that assist us.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In 2020 we were able to:
- Equip leaders and organizations in approx. 15 countries
- Train approx. 2,000 African leaders in trauma care
- Complete 3 new African language translations of MTS healing workbooks
- Complete translations of 3 new Spanish healing materials
- Train over 200 Spanish speaking leaders in trauma care
- Provided food relief for approx. 10,000 East Africans, particularly widows,
orphans, and the elderly, who had no food due to the pandemic.
In 2021 our goal is:
1. Completion of a Native American trauma healing workbook.
2. Eight new translations of MTS resources in Spanish, Swahili, Luganda, Kinyarwanda, and possibly Russian.
3. Completion of Explore: A Guided Journey to Being Loved. This is a new shorter, more accessible watercolor
healing journal.
4. Expanding MTS ministry into at least two new regions in Africa and Asia.
5. Convert at least six of our books/ workbooks into eBooks and downloadable printable books which can be
available to anyone with a computer anywhere in the world.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals, We adapt our trauma care curriculum based on the anonymous feedback of the survivors who use it.
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded, We utilize feedback forms, emails, direct calls, curriculum, story-telling/writing, groups,
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, We are challenged to keep up with our services' high demand and cost but are committed to the people
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Mending the Soul Ministries Inc
Board of directorsas of 10/31/2024
Dr. Michelle Lown
Cornerstone Clinical Services
Jeff Kistner
Flag Leaf Financial Management Inc
Mark Hoyt
Ethiopia Gebeyhu, MD
HonorHealth Medical Group
Steven Tracy, PhD
Mending the Soul Ministries, Inc
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