The Shepherd’s Tent

The Shepherd’s Tent

A resting place for weary leaders. Free.

The Shepherd’s Tent is where we create free discipleship resources for the body of Christ and where Kingdom leaders gather every week to become whole — so the church can become a family again. No fee, no tier, no catch. Funded by partners so it never has to be.

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Weekly leader call · free resources · a home for pastors, leaders & hosts

Mark Casto and family at the table in Covington, Georgia

The weekly leader call

Every Tuesday, we sit down together.

One hour, every week, for pastors, church leaders, and people opening their homes to start Acts-style house churches. We look at what a whole leader is from a New Testament perspective — not a CEO, not a performer, a shepherd at rest — and we do it together, out loud, with room for your questions.

Miss a week? Replays land in the community room. New here? Come as you are; nobody is checking credentials at the door.

Tuesdays

10:00 AM ET · Online · Free

Register once and you’ll get the link and reminders every week.

Hosted by Mark Casto.

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Free resources

Everything here is given away.

We never want to be a burden to the local church. So the teaching, the tools, and the table are free — for the person who needs them and for the leader who serves them.

Community

The Shepherd’s Tent room

A free online room for pastors, leaders, and family-table hosts: weekly teaching posts, call reminders, replays, and people who get it.

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Email series

The Gospel for the One

A free five-day series on grace — for the one who’s tired of religion and wants to hear the good news again, slowly.

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Weekly teaching

Articles & the Program

Every episode of The Mark Casto Program with a written teaching behind it, plus the weekly Carriers of His Presence series.

Read & watch

The Letter

The Shepherd’s Tent Letter

One letter a week for weary Kingdom leaders — what I’m wrestling with in the Word and a seat at the table.

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Leadership

The Family Table Movement

A free leadership network built around the Tuesday call: courses, quarterly equip gatherings, and a year-long ordination process for leaders who want government and accountability.

Start with the call

In person

Gatherings & events

Where we’re meeting next — at home in Covington and on the road. Most are free. All are family.

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Who this is for

Pastors. Leaders. Hosts. The tired ones.

If you lead people and you’re exhausted by the grind of hustle-culture Christianity — or you’ve opened your home to a handful of people and you’re not sure what to call it yet — this is your place. The Shepherd’s Tent exists to help leaders become whole, because as leaders become whole, the church becomes a family again.

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Mark Casto in Covington, Georgia

How it stays free

Partners keep the tent open.

Nothing on this page costs the people who need it — because Shepherd’s Tent Partners set aside resources every month to fund the media, the resources, the calls, and the movement of family tables being raised up across the nation.

If you’ve been fed here and you want to keep the table set for the next weary leader, that’s the door.

Become a partner

Come sit at the table

You don’t have to lead alone.

Join the room today, and we’ll see you Tuesday at 10.

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