Care Ministries
Emotional support, faith-based counselling and community aid for those in need. If you are carrying something heavy, you do not have to carry it by yourself.
How to start
Call, or send a message, and someone will talk with you about what you need. There is no assessment to pass first.
- Who it is for
- Anyone carrying something heavy
- How it is paid for
- At present, counselling in Minnesota is paid for by insurance and the State of Minnesota. Counselling outside the United States is paid for by the ministry.
- If you have no insurance
- You are treated on a scholarship basis, paid for out of donations and grants.
- Counsellor qualifications
- A bachelor's degree in psychology, as a minimum.
- Where
- Minnesota and Ethiopia
- By phone or in person
- By arrangement, in person or over the phone.
- Response time
- Someone will come back to you as soon as they can.
What we offer
As the ministry describes it
Faith-based counselling
Pastoral counselling for you or someone in your family, available if you want it and never required.
Emotional support
Someone to talk to when things are hard, without needing a diagnosis or a referral.
Community aid
Practical help where we can give it, and honest referrals where we cannot.
Prayer
Someone will pray for you by name, whether or not you want anything else from us.
For families
If someone you love is struggling, we will talk with you too. Support for the person carrying it matters.
For referral partners
Shelters, churches, hospitals and social workers can refer directly. Tell us who you are and what the person needs.
Prayer and spiritual support are available to anyone who desires them, but they are never required. Practical assistance is provided with dignity and respect regardless of a person's beliefs or participation in prayer.
Other ministries
The rest of the work
Recovery and Reentry
Our substance use disorder programme, Lifechoices. Faith-based support for people working through addiction, alongside whatever clinical care you are already receiving.
International Ministry
Schools, literacy work and clean water access, primarily in Bangladesh.
Homeless Feeding
Food bought locally, cooked locally and served hot by people from the same city.