Care for Pastors Inc.

To see every pastoral family persevering in ministry, developing a healthy church and leading in community transformation. With healthy pastors comes healthy churches. Ultimately, the Gospel is propagated through healthy churches making disciples. (Matthew 28:19)

Care for Pastors has created comprehensive programs of care for pastors and their families: Preventative Care and Intensive Care. "Preventative Care" offers coaching and encouragement to pastors and their spouses BEFORE they need more intensive care. This includes the Pastor's Ally, The Confidante for Pastors' Wives, and Care for Churches. "Intensive Care" provides a safe place where pastors (and their families) can begin a work through their emotional and spiritual wounds. As they begin spiritual and emotional healing, we walk beside them pastor-to-pastor.

Vitality and resilience are two important traits every pastor needs to finish well in ministry. These traits are the result of healthy, supportive relationships that promote spiritual and emotional health. The Pastor's Ally Program was created just for this purpose. This program will provide pastors with Allies who will meet their need for relational support to increase their effectiveness and longevity in ministry. Pastors in this program will enter into a relationship with a God-called, seasoned, gifted, healthy pastor who will connect with him once a month to inquire, listen, share insights and pray together. Affirmation & Encouragement Man standing in victory on a mountaintop

We all need encouragement as well as affirmation, and pastors are no exception! During the course of ministry there is great value in stopping and taking the time to revisit God's call on your life to the pastorate. The Affirmation and Encouragement Program will give pastors the increased courage, added confidence and renewed hope to meet their pastoral obligations and stay energized on the course of ministry and finish well.

Care for Pastors has provided a well-established foundation of pastoral care through counseling, encouragement and resources for over a decade. Our staff of counselors, staff support team and large volunteer base provides the necessary platform for Care for Pastors to provide a safe place for pastoral families. The uniqueness of our pastoral counselors is an intentional strategy of providing a pastor-to-pastor relationship for counseling. This also applies to our Confidante for Pastors' Wives which is pastor wife-to-pastor wife. In addition, Care for Pastors has the endorsement and counsel of those on our Advisory Board which is made up of nationally recognized Christian leaders from varied backgrounds to provide scope direction. In order for Care for Pastors to ensure that those who donate to our organization, we have the certification of the Evangelical Counsel for Financial Accountability. (ECFA Seal of Approval)

Since measurement began in 2011 for key statistics, 9 out of 10 pastors who have come to us have remained in ministry. To God be the Glory! The impact of Care for pastors in that time period has continued growth of the number of pastors and/or spouses that God had entrusted us to serve: 2011- 147 served | 2012- 308 served| 2013- 429 served | 2014- 464 served | 2015- 574 served | 2016- 782 served. Work and partnership has begun in pilot phases with 2 national organizations for 2017/2018 in providing our services and ministry through a network that will be measured for impact and sustainability in ensuring pastors get/remain healthy. As continued funding is provided, this will enable Care for Pastors to help even more pastors and/or their spouses while remaining in scope with our Mission and Vision.