Reset Ministries partners with local churches across the Tristate — Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and Southeast Indiana — to open Christ-centered recovery houses. These are places where men and women rebuild their lives inside your church's own reach, with your people walking alongside them.
"To transform broken and lost men and women into servant leaders as they discover their identity and purpose in Christ."
Every Reset house is a structured, Christ-centered household — not just sober housing. Residents are supported holistically: sobriety, discipleship, relational healing, financial stewardship, and physical and mental wellness, through daily rhythms, mentoring, and a strong connection to a local church.
Leadership, staff, and board are held to the same qualifications Scripture gives for those who shepherd others — 1 Timothy 3:1–13, Titus 1:5–9, Galatians 5:22–23 — and every board member is deeply connected to a local church.
Have a heart for walking alongside people gaining freedom from addiction and resetting their lives? We love helping churches who have:
Here's the path most churches walk — start wherever you're ready.
Schedule a conversation and take a readiness check.
Have a conversation → Check readiness →Create regular rhythms to pray and discern, seeking to hear what God is saying about your church and ministry to those struggling with addiction.
See it firsthand at a Discipleship Night — meet residents and staff in person.
Grow in your understanding — attend a Discipleship Coaching Orientation, dig into recommended reading, sit in on recovery meetings, or volunteer as a Discipleship Coach.
Email tom@resetministries.org →Walk the full path from first meeting to opening day, with Reset alongside you the whole way.
See the roadmap →Tell us a bit about your church and where you're at. We'll follow up to set an exploratory meeting.
This is the general shape churches move through — every partnership looks a little different, and Reset walks each step with you. Nothing here is a solo assignment.
Not ready for this yet? That's completely fine — see earlier ways to get involved →
Don't let the number of steps overwhelm you. Opening a recovery home genuinely has a lot of moving parts — and we've laid every one of them out on purpose.
Not to intimidate you, but to do two things: give you confidence that this process is well thought out and built to help you succeed, and break the work into manageable pieces on a timeline that's actually doable.
You won't do it all at once, and you won't do any of it alone.
Download the full blueprint (PDF)8 pages — print it, share it with your team or church leadership.You've taken a readiness check, prayed, tasted and learned.
Align on vision and make it official.
Build the team and get the house ready.
Open the doors.
Every partnership is different, but this is the shape of a typical agreement — so there are no surprises when Phase 2 gets there. Open the MOU template ↗
A quick-reference version — Reset walks the full checklist with your team during the house search.
10–12 minutes on foot to jobs, transit, groceries, and support groups — most residents don't have a car.
3–4 bedrooms (max 2 per room), 2.5–3 baths, and common space that seats the whole house.
Two fridges, real cooking capacity, and enough dry storage for a full house.
Smoke alarms in every bedroom, extinguishers, a posted evacuation map, and a naloxone kit.
Keyless entry, exterior cameras at entries, and a written privacy policy for residents.
Zoning confirmed, fire marshal pre-check done, and insurance certificates on file.
This is the full picture of a house running at full strength — almost no church starts here. Most fill 2–3 of these roles first and grow into the rest over the first few months, with Reset helping recruit alongside you the whole way.
Meets every two weeks to walk with residents on the ground.
Meet with residents ~3x a month — not answer-givers, but companions pointing to Christ.
Help build the list of future volunteers and keep the pipeline healthy.
Help new residents get settled in their first 30 days — IDs, clothes, basic services.
Meals are sacred space at Reset — a Monday or Thursday gathering, shared together.
Short-term support in finance, health, employment, or deeper spiritual counsel — about 3–7 hrs/month.
Not every role is about staffing a single house — these two grow the relationship between Reset and your whole church.
Carries Reset's story into your church — coordinating Lunch & Learns and Coffee Chats, and connecting interested members to the right next step.
A bridge for residents — helps them find their footing and their people inside your congregation once they're plugged in.
Most churches don't start here. This is simply where the relationship can grow, at whatever pace fits.
Reset is a first call for your church, and you provide financial support.
Adds at least one active volunteer, plus a resident finding real community with you.
A full volunteer team, a house in discussion or already open nearby, and a resident serving alongside your church.