Free Training for Christian Parents
COLLEGE, DISCIPLESHIP, OR CAREER PREP?
The Default Path Is Costing Christian Families $80,000 and Their Kids' Direction.
In 60 minutes, you'll get the framework you need to choose your student's next step with confidence (including the cost, the trade-offs, and the options that integrate faith, vocation, and education into one).
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60 Minutes Long
Are You Struggling to Choose a Singular Path When Each One Compromises Something Important to You?
If you’ve found yourself sitting at the dinner table with a high-schooler, a list of next-step-options, and a myriad of deadlines staring you down, you already know the tension of the questions you’re trying answer.
- How Will This Impact Their Faith? "If we send our kid to college, are they coming back with their faith intact, or will it be torn down?" You're not paranoid, you're just paying attention to the studies and noticing what's happening in the lives of other young adults.
- How Will This Prepare Them To Launch? "If we send them to a discipleship year, are we just delaying the launch into adulthood?" A year of formation sounds beautiful until you realize they'll finish at 19 or 20 years old with the same questions they went in with: "what's next?"
- How Will This Shape Their Community? "If we push career prep, are we trading faith and community for a paycheck?" Apprenticeships and trade tracks build real skill, fast, but often lack like-minded community and a faith focus.
A Decision You'll Feel Better
About for the Next 20 Years
Here’s exactly what you’ll get when you watch this training:
- A clear comparison of the three most common post-high-school paths. What they actually cost, what they actually deliver, and where each one serves or fails Christian families.
- The 5-Question Decision Framework. The questions to ask your student (and yourself) so you can choose what aligns with your family's goals for education.
- The real ROI math. A side-by-side breakdown of a 4-year Christian college vs. a 1-year discipleship program vs. a career preparation program. Along with the results you can expect from each one in terms of faith, finances, community, and work.
- Why "hybrid" is a better model for integrated faith, career, and academic training. And how to spot the difference between a real-world program and a glorified gap year.
- Bonus: The 5-Question Decision Worksheet, sent to your inbox with the link to the training.
How to Know if This Training
is Right For Your Family
This is for you if...
This isn't for you if...
Your student is a high-school junior, senior, or recent grad
Your student is already enrolled and thriving in a 4-year program
You're looking for ways to give your student BOTH discipleship training and the guarantee of a real career outcome
You're looking for a residential gap-year experience above anything else
You've felt the pressure of the "so what are they doing next?" question
You want a program that keeps faith and career in separate boxes
You've toured a few colleges, had a few admissions calls, and something feels off
You've already made the call for this fall and you're at peace with it
You want a path that doesn't require choosing between debt and direction
You're sure the default path is the right one for your student
Meet Your Host
Jonathan Brush, President of Unbound
Jonathan has spent the last 25 years walking Christian families through one of the most expensive, most emotional, most high-stakes decision they’ll make as parents: what happens after high school?
As a homeschooling parent of 8 children ranging in age from 2 to 25, this is also a decision he has navigated multiple times with his own students. He has both personal and professional experience in how unique this process can be for each individual young adult who faces it.
Unbound at a glance: Since 2004, Unbound has helped more than 10,000 Christian families build a post-high-school plan that protects their student’s faith, prepares them for real work in the real world, and keeps their budget intact. Our students are working in blue and white collar jobs ranging from hospitality to construction to theater to sales and marketing to IT. They are serving in the nonprofit sector and making a difference in government. They are building lives that integrate the things most programs separate: faith, vocation, and community.
What Parents Are Saying
In This Training, We'll Show You This Side-By-Side
PATH
ANNUAL COST
TOTAL COST
TIME TO EMPLOYMENT
POTENTIAL DEBT
4-Year Christian College
$20k+
$80K+
Find out
when you watch!
Find out when you watch!
1-Year Discipleship Training Program
~$26k
~$26k
Find out
when you watch!
Find out when you watch!
Apprentinceship Program
$12,000
$12,000
Find out
when you watch!
Find out when you watch!
Ascend
~$13,500
Find out when you watch!
Find out
when you watch!
Find out when you watch!
Get a clear picture on the real ROI for the options in front of you so you can make a decision you’re confident in.
Training Details
- On demand, delivered straight to your inbox!
- ~60 minutes long
Included with the Training
- Free handouts from the training
- Link to recording to watch and rewatch as often as you'd like!
- Side-by-side pricing calculator for the options in front of you
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FAQ
- Is this a sales pitch for Ascend? Yes, partly. We'll talk about Ascend in the second half because it's the program we've built to solve exactly the problem that brought you here. But the first 30 minutes is a framework you can use no matter what path you ultimately choose. If Ascend isn't the right fit for your family, you'll still leave with clarity.
- My student is only a sophomore. Is it too early to attend? No, it's the opposite. The earlier you start the conversation, the more options you have and the less stressed senior year will be.
- Will there be a replay? Yes. Register and we'll send the recording the next day. Live attendees get to submit questions for the Q&A.
- How much does Ascend cost? In May, $13,500 per year. With college credit or a specialty skills track added, it's $16,000–$18,500 per year.
- Is Ascend residential? No, and that's intentional. Ascend is hybrid by design so your student stays plugged into your local church, your family, and a real employer while they go through the program. We'll explain more on the webinar.