What is Stephen Ministry?

Stephen Ministry is a way congregations can provide high-quality care and outreach to hurting people in the congregation and community. Trinity recently became a Stephen ministry congregation. Training persons to serve as Steven Ministers will begin soon.

Stephen Ministers are congregation members who have gone through 50 hours of training to provide one-to-one, Christ-centered care. Each Stephen Minister is matched with a hurting person – men are paired with men, women with women – and meets weekly with that person to listen, care, pray, and encourage.

Stephen Ministers care for those dealing with grief, divorce, job loss, hospitalization, financial struggles, loneliness, convalescence, terminal illness, and many other life difficulties.