Life Lessons Publishing
Legal name: Pastoral Resource Ministry
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 843818045
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, United States
- Phone
- 2538391620
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $82,091
- Expenses
- $139,855
- Assets
- $79,004
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Charles S Schell (President/Director)
People named in this filing
- Charles S Schell (President/Director)
- Mary Schell (Treasurer)
- Rick Battershell (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide Biblical resource books, literature, and educational materials to assist pastors, Bible teachers, missionaries, and students to understand and teach solid Biblical sermons and classes. We believe that the anointing of God will come when the Word of God is taught accurately. At Life Lessons Publishing we are committed to getting seed to the sowers, providing the best resources for pastors in order that they may feed themselves and their congregations. We provide Verse by Verse commentaries and sermons that walk through entire books of the Bible. In addition, we have various recorded classes to support leaders. These resources were developed by Dr. Steve Schell, author, retired pastor, and Bible teacher. [email protected] Bible teacher r. Steve Schell | Life Lessons Publishing.
What it reported doing in 2025
PRM set up donations through National Christian Foundation this yearBooks Published in 2025: o $6,425 for Study Verse by Verse: Hebrews, 165 pageso $6,842 for Study Verse by Verse: Revelation, 215 pageso $14,090 for Comprendiendo el Evangelio de Juan, (Understanding the Gospel of John, Spanish), 658 pageso $4,715 for La Promesa del Padre, (The Promise of the Father, Spanish), 168 pagesBooks Formatted in Digital Form Only: o La Promesse du Pre (The Promise of the Father, French)o Etude Verset par Verset: Les Actes Des Apotres (Study Verse by Verse: Acts, French)o Etude Verset par Verset: L'vangile de Jean (Study Verse by Verse: John, French)Book Distribution: o 4,846 books shipped to 22 different states and 20 different countries (Thailand, Spain, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Ecuador, Papua New Guinea, Panama, Chile, Costa Rica, New Caledonia, Chile, Panama, Argentina, Canada, Peru, Australia, Ireland, Jamaica, Great Britain, Brazil, Peru, Costa Rica)o 2,000 Promise of the Father in Arabic translated and printed in Egypto $19,681 spent on shipping Life Lessons with Dr. Steve Schell Podcast: o Subjects covered: Gospel of Luke (half)Following the Call of GodGod's Top TenMaturing in WorshipGenesis (half)o 36,143 downloads on Life Lessons with Dr. Steve Schell in 2025o 144,000 all-time downloads for the podcastYouTube Stats: o 14,795 views on our YouTube channel Life Lessons Publishing in 2025o 68,062 all-time views on YouTubeOther Notable Moments: Adding our resources to LPU's McPherson Preaching InstituteTranslations begun this year: Promise of the Father-Arabic (finished)Promise of the Father-Albanian (just starting)Study Verse by Verse: Acts-Mandarin (in process)Understanding Acts-Mandarin (in process)Holy Spirit Baptism Classes: In Person: o Faith Chapel, Billings, MTOn Zoom: o South Africa (and Malawi, Zimbabwe and other African nations)o Egypto MexicoFoundations of Pentecostal Theology Translations: Vol 2 Nepali completedVol 2 Italian begun and almost completedRadio: Papua New Guinea radio station playing Pastor Steve's sermonsOn WCF radio station on weekends currently in So Cal Working on getting on WCF daily radio program on weekdays
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 90.8%; rating input score 91
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -70.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $127K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.