Dr. John Splinter is the Founder of the Family Legacy Institute. He brings three post-graduate degrees and a history of founding or providing senior leadership within a broad range of ministry operations. Although he was in the business world for a few years, his career has mainly been in ministry leadership, both church and parachurch.
Following is a condensed bio:
Career
Young Life Campaign ~ Area Director in Winnipeg, Canada and St. Louis, MO
Lawton-Byrne-Bruner ~ All-lines insurance broker
Central Presbyterian Church ~ Pastor of singles ministries
Bethany Evangelical Free Church ~ Senior pastor
Point of Grace Community Church ~ Founding & senior pastor
Pure Hope, Executive Director, St. Louis, MO
Family Legacy Institute ~ Founder, CEO
Act Beyond ~ Director of Member Health
Education
Bethel College, St. Paul, MN B.A., Psychology & Social Work
Bethel Seminary, St. Paul, MN Masters, Christian Education
Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO Masters, Counseling Psychology (4.0)
St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO Ph.D., Marriage/Family Therapy (4.0)
S.M.A.R.T. methodology training
Items of Interest
President of graduating class, Bethel College, St. Paul, MN
Married college sweetheart; three married children; ten grandchildren
Initiated Young Life operations in Central Canada
Chaplain for Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Canadian Football League)
Published author:
Second Chapter ~ divorce recovery book (Baker Books)
The Complete Divorce Recovery Handbook ~ divorce recovery (Zondervan)
The Healing Path~ recovery after sexual abuse (Thomas Nelson)
Contributing author in other edited works regarding singles ministries
Self-published numerous works ~ many may be seen on this website as individual chapters
Founded Single Life Ministries, Central Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, MO ~ ministry involving 3,000 single adults per year
Founded Second Chapter divorce recovery ministries (see http://www.secondchapter.com)
Founding member and board member of Network of Single Adult Leaders
Formed sister church relationship with suburban Central Presbyterian Church and urban Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church
Formed sister church relationship with Bethany EFC, and start-up church in Kiev, Ukraine
Police Chaplain, La Crosse and Onalaska, WI, police dept.
Police Chaplaincy Board of Directors, La Crosse, WI
Institutional Review Board, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
Chair, several annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfasts, La Crosse, WI
Chair, “Global Day of Prayer,” La Crosse, WI
Founded Point of Grace Community Church, La Crosse, WI (see http://www.ptofgrace.org)
Led several short-term missions teams to Ukraine, Russia, Spain
Taught at Irpin Seminary, in Kiev, Ukraine
Taught at University of Vologda, Russia ~ then led evening Christ-focused meetings
Keynote speaker at All-Spain S.E.N.D. Missionary Conference
Founded Family Legacy Institute (www.family-legacy-institute.com)
Family Legacy Institute 
This reply is for Mr. Splinter.
I was once the leader of the divorce recovery program at Heartland Community Church in Olathe, Ks. for about 11 years. I was trained using the Second Chapter program and through the years introduced some things that proved useful. There has been much interest in starting the ministry again and we are looking for a book or guild to use. I see that your book “The Complete Divorce Recovery Handbook” is still available in limited supply from some sources. Is this book still in print? Will it continue to be available so that we can use it as a core of a course? Has there been any consideration to updating or second addition. This book was of great help in my healing and recovery and think its relevance is still worthwhile.
John R Clark
jcn911cb@hotmail.com
816-868-3978