We care for world changers

We provide pastoral counseling and care for vocational ministers, missionaries, and their families through a wide range of issues and circumstances. Guests come from a variety of evangelical denominations, organizations, and churches. Our Christian worldview prompts us to rely on the spiritual resources of prayer, the Word, and the Holy Spirit in our counseling relationships, and incorporate clinical resources when needed and appropriate. We also provide leadership counsel for pastors and church boards and equip caregiving ministers and ministry leaders in Agape Care counseling and trauma readiness.

We have Served over

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pastors, missionaries, & their families

87

countries

45

states


Our Deepest Belief

We believe in agape love.

Agape is an active sacrificial love that characterizes God’s nature and action towards us. This type of love can be defined as the steady intention of the will towards another’s highest good. God is the source of agape love: “We love, because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19).

Jesus loves us with costly agape love and admonishes his followers to abide in this love and to share it with others to the laying down of our life.

      • John 15:9-10 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.”
      • John 13:35 “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
      • John 15:14 “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

Agape love is redeeming. It does no harm and fulfills God’s law in its fullest (Romans 13:10).


We believe God’s love heals.

From agape love flows the qualities of mercy, grace, and truth which synergistically work together to heal and restore. Anyone operating in agape love becomes a healing agent. Therefore, our foremost commitment is to minister God’s divine love to help our guests receive it for themselves and extend it to others.


We believe in God’s most excellent way.

1 Cor. 12:31b – 14:1a describes agape love as a “greater” gift to be desired and God’s “most excellent way” to follow:

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails.

In this life we know only in part. Yet, the Bible assures us when all things fade and fail, faith hope, and love remain. The greatest of all is love. Therefore, agape love frames everything we say and do so that all our decisions result in the highest good for those we serve.

World changers need Care .
90% of ministers feel called to the place they serve.

Yet, caring for others and raising the next generation of kingdom builders can take a costly toll. 75% report a significant stress-related crisis at least once in their ministry.

When crisis needs counsel, we are here to help.

OUR Purpose

We exist to serve as healing agents for others. Our purpose is to minister God’s love that leads to hope.

OUR Vision

To see missionaries and pastors flourish in life and ministry and finish well.

OUR Mission

Caring For World Changers.

We minister healing and renewal to missionaries and pastors through God’s agape love.



Our Values

Love

We lovingly seek God’s highest good for you and your family.


Care

We compassionately listen and walk with you through your healing journey.


Compassion

We intimately identify with your context, needs, and points of view.


Communitas

We intimately identify with your context, needs, and points of view.


Empathy

We empathize with your situation, story, and personal pain.


Acceptance

We accept you and validate your story.


Encouragement

We encourage you in every step and state of your journey.


Guidance

We guide you in God’s truth and discerning the voice of the Holy Spirit.


Transformation

We serve as an agent of transformation towards your wholeness and healing.


Incarnation

We embody God’s incarnational love for your situation.



Our Agape Care Approach

The Agape Care counseling model is based on the healing power of God's love.

Agape is an active sacrificial love that characterizes God’s nature and action towards us. It can be defined as the steady intention of the will towards another’s highest good. God is the source: 

“We love, because He first loved us” 1 John 4:19.

Agape Care helps you discover God’s will by using all available human and divine resources to lead you towards growth, renewal, healing, and wholeness.

AGAPE LOVE

Agape defines all that we say and do so that we seek God’s highest good for you and your family.

HOLISTIC FOCUS

We address physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual needs using all available resources—human and divine—to facilitate growth, renewal, and healing.

PASTORAL EMPHASIS

Our primary approach is pastoral, drawing upon the Word, prayer, and the Holy Spirit’s direction. We incorporate clinical resources when needed.

INTENTIONAL
FOLLOW-UP

When our guests transition back into the ministry setting, we provide an opportunity for ongoing support, accountability, and mentorship.


Our Agape Care Commitment

AGAPE LOVE

Embodying Jesus’s love for your healing journey.

Agape is a principled way of life that pursues an unconquerable benevolence and an invincible goodwill towards others. We make every effort to relate to you in agape love so that everything we say and do is in your highest good.

AGAPE CARE

Responding to your needs and implementing life skills for a strong future.

Agape counselors deeply care for you and provide a safe and confidential environment to heal and restore. They actively listen to your story and compassionately shoulder your concerns by extending validation, empathy, and grace. You will receive biblically based life skills in support of your ongoing self-care and offered additional follow-up coaching, mentorship, and resources.

AGAPE COUNSELING

Providing pastoral guidance and counsel to move you forward.

Agape counselors have cross-cultural and domestic ministry backgrounds, so we understand you. We speak God’s truth in gentle love and help you discover His will through biblical insight and hearing the Spirit’s voice. We will patiently persist to move you forward, making use of all available resources to lead you towards growth, renewal, healing, and wholeness.

AGAPE HOPE

Helping you cultivate intimacy with Jesus that leads to hope.

Agape counselors will embrace you at your place of pain and guide you to a place of assurance. As you experience Christ’s unambiguous love, your hope for a positive future will increase. Ultimately, our goal is to lead you to an abiding intimacy with the risen Christ so that his renewal and healing endures.


Our Distinctive Quality

Agape Commitment: Our commitment to Agape love in all that we say and do is our defining character.

Pastoral Counseling: Our pastoral counselors skillfully draw upon the Word of God, prayer, and the empowerment of the Holy Spirit during the counseling journey.

Clinical & Professional Resources: When needed we can refer to clinical resources and network with other health care professionals to meet our guest’s needs.

Missionaries & Pastors: Serving only missionaries and pastors demonstrates our expertise in caring for this group. We have an intimate understanding of ministry and missionary contexts.

Tailored Counseling: We tailor our counseling approach according to our guest’s unique needs.

Holistic Approach: We use all available resources—human and divine—to facilitate growth, renewal, healing, and wholeness —physically, emotionally, relationally, and spiritually.

Co-Counseling: More than one counselor can be made available to facilitate a guest’s counseling journey.

2-Week Intensives: Our short-term goal-oriented 2-week counseling intensive format provides greater convenience and results for our guests over a long-term weekly session format.

Confidentiality: We have a strong commitment to confidentiality.

Logistical Assistance: We can help guests with housing, transportation, and practical needs during their stay.

No Fees: We will never make finances a barrier to healing because we thrive on donations and don’t charge fees.

Follow-Up:

We offer follow-up care and ongoing mentorship, coaching, and accountability for our guests transitioning back into ministry.

NEED FINANCIAL FLEXIBLITY?

Finances will never prevent you from receiving the care you need. We are a donation-based service. A suggested donation will be disclosed; however, please give what you are able. If finances are not available, we are happy to extend our services to ensure your wellbeing.