Home Church Resources — Organization Profile
Home Church Resources is a Christian ministry that helps people start and lead home churches through online training, coaching, and community support. The organization describes its work as helping everyday Christians begin home churches that are biblically based, sustainable, and reproducible. Rather than limiting leadership to people with formal ministry credentials, it focuses on equipping ordinary believers who sense a calling to disciple others and gather people in homes for church life.
The ministry’s mission centers on helping everyday Christians start healthy home churches and grow in discipleship without having to navigate the process alone. Its story is rooted in Auburn, Alabama, where Matt and Missy Dabbs began what they call Backyard Church during 2020. That local experience became the basis for a wider training ministry launched to support people exploring home church life in other places. Home Church Resources says it now serves leaders across the United States and in multiple countries, with a stated vision that every city, town, and rural community could have a home church engaged in worship, discipleship, and local impact.
Home Church Resources operates primarily through an online learning environment that combines step-by-step home church training, weekly coaching calls, and a supportive digital community. Its paid training pathway is designed to help participants start, lead, maintain, and reproduce home churches, while its free pathway introduces key concepts through courses such as Home Church Fundamentals, Discipleship Fundamentals, and Discovery Bible Study. The ministry also provides practical tools and templates, Bible study materials, weekly video teaching, and Mobilize training intended to help people in a gathering develop ministry skills and spiritual disciplines.
A notable distinctive of the ministry is its blend of prayer-centered support, practical tools, and accessible training for people without prior ministry experience. The organization emphasizes that starting and sustaining a healthy home church requires both theological clarity and relational encouragement. Its community features include spaces for testimony sharing, prayer needs, coaching interaction, and connecting with others on a similar journey. This makes the ministry more than a content library; it functions as an ongoing support network for emerging and current home church leaders.
People can engage with Home Church Resources in several ways. Prospective leaders can begin with the Front Door webinar, use the free training pathway, or join the full membership community for coaching and expanded resources. Others can support the ministry through prayer, newsletter sign-up, or financial giving. For Christians interested in discipleship, simple church, or neighborhood-based church planting, Home Church Resources offers a structured path for exploring and practicing home church planting and disciple-making from a base in Auburn, Alabama with a reach that extends across the U.S. and internationally.
Key Links
- Website: https://homechurchresources.org/
- About: https://homechurchresources.org/about/
- Training: https://homechurchresources.org/home-church-training/
- Free Training: https://homechurchresources.org/free-training-2/
- Webinars: https://homechurchresources.org/webinars/
- Contact: https://homechurchresources.org/contact/
- Donate: https://homechurchresources.org/donate-home-church-resources/
- Vision & Goals: https://homechurchresources.org/vision-and-goals-home-church-resources/
Contact Information
- Phone: 334-750-9919
- Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1089, Auburn, AL 36830
Socials
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/homechurchresources
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HomeChurchResources
Leadership
- Matt Dabbs — home church planter and disciple maker
