40+ years of strengthening homes.
Our promise is simple: you don’t have to do family alone. With HomeWord, you’ll find clarity, encouragement, and tools that help you lead your home with confidence and faith.
What began as a small vision to support families has grown into a trusted resource for parents, couples, and leaders worldwide. HomeWord has walked alongside millions of families with practical tools, biblical wisdom, and encouragement for every season of life.
Welcome. HomeWord has been serving the home for 40+ years.
HomeWord was founded in 1985 by Dr. Jim Burns, a widely recognized author, speaker, radio host, and leadership mentor. As founder and president, Jim has dedicated his life to equipping families and church leaders—helping them build strong marriages, confident parents, empowered kids, and healthy leaders (HomeWord). Today, HomeWord continues as a nonprofit ministry focused on practically applying Christian values to address contemporary challenges in family and community life.
From its inception, HomeWord has served as a trusted resource for families and church communities. Jim Burns began speaking and publishing in the mid‑80s to address rising cultural shifts impacting marriage and parenting. Since then, his books—such as Creating an Intimate Marriage, Confident Parenting, and Doing Life With Your Adult Children—as well as his podcast, conferences, and radio broadcasts, have reached millions across multiple languages (HomeWord). Over time, HomeWord has become known for integrating biblical wisdom with cultural relevance in an accessible and relational style.
The Christian American home has never needed more help.
- Between 1960 and 2016, the percentage of children under the age of 18 living in families with two parents decreased from 88 to 69.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Families and Living Arrangements, 2016. - 85.1% of single parents of children under 18 are mothers; 14.9% are fathers.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau – Families and Living Arrangements: 2016. - Studies reveal that 85% of the people who make a commitment to Jesus Christ make the decision by the age of 18, or they never will.
- Churches are generally not equipped to respond to the needs of parents.
U.S. Teens, (grades 9-12) :
- 17.2% seriously considered attempting suicide
- 13.6% made a plan for committing suicide
- 7.8% attempted suicide
- 31.5% felt so sad or hopeless that they stopped doing some usual activities
- 28.9% tried cigarette smoking
- 42.2% vaped
We partner with three groups to help strengthen the home.
Strong Marriages
Our goal is to be a global leader in the area of strengthening couples in their marriages and in preparation for marriage.
Confident Parents
Our desire is for parents to have the resources they need to raise Christ-centered kids in our ever-challenging culture.
Empowered Kids
HomeWord is focused on helping kids make right and wise decisions. Young people are the reason we exist.
The HomeWord Values
A Commitment to Christ:
We acknowledge Christ as the head of our organization and submit ourselves and all our activities to His will. (Ephesians 1:22-23)
A Commitment to the Church:
We support the church as God’s primary institution for sharing the love of God and the message of Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 5: 23-24)
A Commitment to Family:
We support the spiritual nurture of the family as one of God’s primary means to perpetuate the Christian faith from generation to generation. (Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 2 Timothy 1:5)
A Commitment to Cultural Relevance:
We believe our ministry should be culturally relevant without compromising biblical absolutes. (1 Corinthians 9:19-23)
A Commitment to Relationships:
We are committed to cultivating deep, abiding Christ-like relationships both within and outside our organization. (1 Corinthians 13)
A Commitment to Integrity:
We are committed to being truthful, accountable, and forthright in all that we do. (Proverbs 2:7)
A Commitment to Ministry Excellence:
We will constantly evaluate our forms and methods for ministry, seeking maximum ministry effectiveness in delivery of our mission. (Colossians 3:23)
Statement of Faith
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, 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 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 salvation of the 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 a Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
We believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ and that all who call upon His name will be saved.
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.