ABOUT

Welcome to our ministry website, we are so glad you are here! This site exists to help raise ministry support, give updates, serve the Church and exalt Jesus Christ through our growing archive of resources.

Trying to tell people about myself in just a few short paragraphs has always been very difficult for me because in my eyes, life is so much more than a well-written resumé of titles and accomplishments. Life is about the journey. It is a matter of the heart and who you are becoming in the process. People have always asked me since I was a child, “What is your dream? What is your calling? What will you do with your life?” These were the types of questions that put me on a quest of self-discovery that would ultimately lead me to a place where I began to ask the questions differently: “Lord, what is YOUR dream? Who are YOU calling me to be? What will YOU do with my life?”

In August 2007, Jesus won my heart and began to uncage new desires in me. I was different. I was changed. I was set on fire. I said yes to His invitation, and now my greatest longings have begun to shift from revolving around me to revolving around Him. I want to love Him, to become all He made me to be, to know Him and to lay down my life helping others come to know Him. I desire to be more than just another echo of pop culture or an opinionated critic, but a voice crying out in my generation and a shepherd after God’s own heart. I yearn for revival, and my burden is for people—those who don’t yet know Him and for the Church, the Bride of Christ, that she would be made ready for the wedding day to come. That Jesus would receive the full reward of His suffering.

Today, I am the blessed husband of Jennifer, and father of Jeremiah, Melody, Josiah and Jubilee. It is my joy to love them, lead them and serve them. Since my college years, I have been honored to serve the Church in various capacities while helping to operate a family business. I have had many accomplishments and failures, but these are merely the outter workings of a growing heart. They are the overflow of His grace, and I want to be faithful with what He has put in my hands and in my heart for the rest of my earthly days.

Since November of 2019, we began to step out in faith to serve full-time in occupational ministry, trusting that as God leads us, He will help us connect with certain individuals, businesses and ministries to partner with us in an ongoing way, which would enable us to focus our time and energy on the missions work, projects and assignments He has put in our hearts to do, which includes:

Mobilizing the Church in worship and prayer in our region through prayer meetings and strategic gatherings.
Creating resources for the body of Christ in the form of books, music, video courses and more.
Training and sending out disciples of Jesus for the work of ministry through our schools, courses, workshops and projects.

By subscribing to this website, we hope to give you the opportunity to stay connected with our family and what God is doing through our ministry work, as well as encourage you with helpful resources.

Until He Returns,

Nick Russo and Family

I will not give sleep to my eyes Or slumber to my eyelids, Until I find a place for the Lord, A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob. (Ps. 132:4-5)

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. (Jn. 3:29-30)

Nick’s ministry is based out of Venture Church in Burnet, TX , where he has served since 2008. He currently oversees Venture School of Ministry, Venture Music and the Venture Prayer Room.

He is working to establish apostolic training opportunities dedicated to equipping cohorts of young, prayer and missions-minded leaders, singers and musicians to stand in the counsel of the Lord, to hear His Word and to go out into the harvest fields of our generation and make Him known.

He is the founder of the Forge House Collective which serves to publish and distribute the writings, music and creative resources from himself and other like-hearted artisan messengers who are working to build up the body of Christ and prepare the way for the next generation. He is the author of the book Wage Good Warfare, which is a compilation of articles written to encourage and exhort the Church in 21st Century America. It is a war cry for Christian leaders and laborers to know who we are and where this is going, so that we can wage good warfare and overcome on the battlefield ahead.