<p><br><P> Ginger Burch has been commissioned as a Stephen Ministry leader at Good Samaritan Presbyterian Church in Waldorf.<P> Along with nearly 400 participants from across the U.S. and Canada, ...

Six new Stephen Ministers at First United Methodist Church recently completed training and will be commissioned and dedicated June 13. They have become the eighth group to be trained at the church ...

As a young pastor, The Reverend Dr. Kenneth Haugk encountered a similar problem, one that troubles many pastors. Haugk recalls, “It was 1974. I had high hopes for providing pastoral care to people in ...

No matter how caring and sincere a pastor or priest of any church or denomination is, he or she just can’t meet everyone’s needs for pastoral care. That’s where Stephen Ministries comes in. The ...

An effort is underway to create an Oshkosh-based Stephen Ministry program, with training planned for this fall. Stephen Ministry is a confidential one-to-one caring ministry that takes place in ...

Divorce. Separation. Loss of a loved one through death or estrangement. Job loss or inability to find employment. Illness. Loneliness. Discouragement. Too often, people decide to soldier alone through ...

Twelve ministers were officially commissioned Sunday at the Englewood United Methodist Church. They became part of the Stephen Ministry after undergoing 50 hours of education and training. Their ...

The Stephen Ministry workshop on Oct. 27 is a general-interest session for anyone interested in further pursuing Stephen Ministry, Sathre said. Two of the Stephen Ministry training modules will be ...

Stephen Ministry is designed to train compassionate listeners from among the laity. The ministry was started in 1975 by a pastor who found he was moving from crisis to crisis with no time to provide ...

Stephen Ministry trains lay people to serve as caring partners on a one-to-one basis for those people are are going through life's struggles and who need someone with a Christian perspective to come ...

“Then the twelve … chose Stephen. … And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.” — The Acts of the Apostles PHILADELPHIA — His 2-year-old son was dead of ...

In 1974, Kenneth Haugk was armed with degrees from seminary school and a graduate degree in clinical psychology hoping it would equip him to pastor his church. But he quickly realized needs were great ...