Encounter God
Spirit filled worship, prayer, healing, deliverance, and a powerful word for people seeking a deeper connection with God.
Explore The Gathering →Faith · Healing · Freedom · Purpose
Move Forward.Live Free.
Forward Living Ministries helps people move beyond painful experiences and past setbacks, encounter God’s healing presence, and walk boldly in their God given purpose.
Prayer
Healing
Deliverance
Leadership
Why Forward Living Exists
Your past does not have to hold your future.
Forward Living Ministries exists to help people move forward from pain, setbacks, and spiritual stagnation through the power of Jesus Christ. The ministry is rooted in prayer, faith, truth, healing, deliverance, purpose, and leadership.
“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:14, the foundation of Forward Living Ministries
Grow in Leadership
Ministry consulting and leadership development designed to strengthen teams, structure, systems, and organizational impact.
Explore Consulting →Move With Purpose
Teaching, speaking, books, and outreach that encourage people to live with faith, freedom, courage, and purpose.
Discover Resources →The GatheringA night to encounter God
Come As You Are
A space for worship, prayer, healing, and transformation.
The Gathering was created as a safe and welcoming space for people from every walk of life to encounter God’s presence in a real and life changing way. It is free and open to the public.
Worship & Prayer
Healing & Deliverance
Encouragement & Hope
Powerful Teaching
Founder · Minister · Author · Leader
Meet Shawn Rock.
Shawn Rock is the founder of Forward Living Ministries, an ordained minister, author, speaker, and ministry consultant with more than two decades of ministry and executive leadership experience.
Her calling is centered on preaching the Gospel, helping people experience healing and deliverance, and equipping leaders to move their ministries and organizations forward with clarity and purpose.
20+ YearsMinistry and leadership experience
Global ReachSpeaking and missions beyond the United States
Featured Book
Grace for the places that tried to break you.
Grace to Stand is a story of hope, healing, and resilience through hardship. It is designed to encourage readers through their own difficult seasons and point them toward the sustaining grace of God.
A meaningful next step for anyone learning how to stand, heal, and keep moving forward.
Shop Grace to StandUpcoming
Gather. Grow. Move Forward.
A cleaner event system gives visitors one obvious place to see what is next and act on it.
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Power Talk
Hilton Garden Inn · Irving, Texas · 6:30 PM
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The Gathering
Free, welcoming, Spirit filled gatherings. Check the ministry calendar for the next date.
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Ministry Moments
Biweekly teaching on the Forward Living Ministries YouTube channel.
Forward Outreach
Faith that moves beyond the room.
Forward Outreach extends the ministry through practical generosity and mission support, including efforts that serve girls and families in Zambia.
Support the Mission
Help people keep moving forward.
Your generosity supports gatherings, outreach, teaching, and ministry work that helps people encounter hope, healing, freedom, and purpose.
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Ready for your next step?
Whether you want to attend The Gathering, invite Shawn to speak, explore ministry consulting, or support the mission, Forward Living Ministries is here to help you move forward.