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The mission of Stephen Ministries is to equip God's people for spiritual growth and Christ-centered, practical ministry in today's world.
Who Benefits from Stephen Ministry?
People Who Need Care . . .
• receive quality, Christ-centered, confidential care for their hurts and needs.
• find hope, healing, and a new sense of self-worth through the support of a Stephen Minister.
• know they are remembered and supported by their congregation in times of personal difficulty.
• receive ongoing care for continuing needs long after the onset of a crisis.
• grow in a deeper relationship with their Lord as they experience God's unconditional love for them.
Stephen Ministers . . .
• discover, cultivate, and use the spiritual gifts with which they have been blessed.
• see themselves as active partners in the mission and ministry of the church.
• find their lives enriched by the distinctively Christian caregiving skills they learn and practice.
• experience joy as they see God working through them to bring hope and healing to a hurting person.
• grow spiritually as they experience the Lord's loving presence in community with other Christian caregivers.
Our Congregation As A Whole . . .
• is responding to the call to become a Stephen Minister or Stephen Leader.
• is becoming a more loving community that is more sensitive and responsive to people's needs.
• is able to provide more quality Christian care, so that fewer people slip through the cracks.
• is able to reach out to the unchurched who are hurting and introduce them to the healing love of Jesus Christ in their time of need.
• sees itself as not being served by our pastors, but as a caring priesthood of believers actively involved in serving one another in love.
For more information about becoming a Stephen Minister, contact Belinda Nease (698-3507) or Mark Layton (676-7396).
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, Who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. II Corinthians 1:3-5