Stephen Ministry

Stephen leaders establish and direct Stephen Ministry by:

• Building awareness of Stephen Ministry within the congregation and community
• Recruiting and training Stephen Ministers
• Meeting with potential care receivers to assess their needs
• Matching care receivers with Stephen Ministers
• Providing Stephen Ministers with ongoing supervision and continuing education

Stephen Ministers are congregation members trained by Stephen Leaders to offer high-quality, one-on-on Christian care to people going through tough times.  A Stephen Minister usually provides care to one person at time, meeting with that person once a week for abut an hour.  Twice a month, Stephen Ministers gather with their Stephen Leaders for supervision and continuing education.

Care receivers are people - congregation members and others in the community - who receive care from a Stephen Minister.  These are people struggling through a difficult time in life - experiencing grief, divorce, job loss, chronic or terminal illness, or some other life crisis.

Some important guidelines for this caring relationship protect both the care receiver and the Stephen Minister:

• The relationship between care receiver and a Stephen Minister is confidential
• Men are matched with men; women with women
• When a care receiver's needs exceed what a Stephen Minister can provide, the Stephen Ministry team makes a referral to an appropriate mental health professional or other community resource.

If you are interested in more information about  Stephen Ministry, please click the link below and fill out our contact form.  Someone will contact you with more information.