And the nice surprise for me was that God was a bigger and more important part of my life. This devotion was submitted by First Presbyterian Church, Marietta, Georgia, and shared with permission. Be a part of a ministry that can change lives. Become a Stephen Minister. Next training class starts on Wednesday, January 31 .
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Stephen Ministry began in 1975 when Rev. Kenneth C. Haugk, Ph.D., a pastor and clinical psychologist, trained nine lay persons at his congregation in St. Louis to be Stephen Ministers. They assisted him in providing distinctively Christian care to members of the congregation and community. From that small beginning nearly 6000 congregations and 78 different Christian denominations are enrolled in the Stephen Series. Close to 250,000 lay persons have been trained to be Stephen Ministers. It is a complete system of training and organizing lay persons for caring ministry in and around their congregations.