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The BUILTREADY Ranch training facility at dusk
Strength for generations

Fatherless boys need men who stay.

Scripture calls GOD the Father of the fatherless. He adopted us when we had nothing to offer Him. So we are building a place in Aledo, Texas where men train, feed, and disciple boys with no dad at home, every afternoon, for years.

Who we build for

For boys growing up without a dad.

Some boys come home to an empty chair at the table. No father is there to train them, correct them, or pray over them. We want to be the men who show up for those boys, week after week, alongside the families raising them.

5
Boys in year one
Every boy known by name.
11–14
Entry ages
Boys generally join between ages 11 and 14.
Every afternoon
Athletics, a meal, the Word
Free
To every boy
There is no cost to the families we serve.
The BUILTREADY Ranch training facility
The day

What an afternoon can look like.

Boys come after school and head home in the evening. The rhythm is simple, and it gives them a place they can know well.

3:30
Arrival
A familiar face at the door and time to settle in.
3:45
Strength and conditioning
Training suited to where each boy is.
5:00
Work and skill
Ranch work and practical skills, done with an adult.
5:30
Dinner and discipleship
Men and boys eat at the same table. Then we open the Word.
6:30
Home
Home for the night, then back the next day.

Year one is athletics, mentorship, discipleship, and a meal. In time, we add academics.

After school

Time at the ranch is pretty simple.

The boys train, eat, pitch in, and spend time with dependable men.

Time with good men
Mentorship
Screened Christian men who take the time to know the boys, week after week.
Move your body
Training
Lifting, conditioning, and getting better through practice.
Pitch in
Work around the ranch
Chores, tools, and projects that need real hands.
Sit down together
Dinner
A meal at the table and time to talk.
Be part of a group
Brotherhood
Boys learning to help out and care about the people around them.
Faith
Jesus Christ
We read Scripture, pray, and talk honestly about what it means to follow Jesus.
Where we stand
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction.”
James 1:27, ESV

James does not call caring for the fatherless a part of religion, or evidence of it. He calls it religion in its pure form. In Scripture, fatherlessness is the picture of our condition and adoption is the picture of our rescue. We are simply doing downstream what has already been done for us.

GOD first.

Jesus is at the center.

That is where the rest of it starts. We read Scripture, pray, and talk about real life at home, at school, and out in the world.

01
Jesus first.
Reading Scripture, praying, asking honest questions, and learning to trust Him.
02
Work.
Learning a skill, showing up, and doing the job in front of you well.
03
Respect.
Self-control and treating women, friends, and family with care.
04
Money.
Earning, saving, giving, and making wise choices with what you have.
05
Real life.
Talking honestly about hard things, purpose, suffering, and the choices that come with growing up.

We return to these things each year as boys grow up.

Aerial view of the ranch property on Stacy Lane
The promise

Men who stay.

A fatherless boy needs a man who keeps his word. We tell him on day one that we are staying. Then we show up the next day, and the day after that, for years.

Strength for generations starts with ordinary days.

Become a monthly partner.

What keeps a place like this open is ordinary people who give every month and do not quit. $5, $10, or $100 a month. Every boy pays nothing.

Give monthly