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- Stephen Ministry Stephen Ministers are members of Baylake UMC who have gone through extensive training in providing high-quality Christian care to individuals experiencing a crisis or life challenge. Stephen Ministers meet individually with an assigned care receiver for about an hour each week. This caring relationship lasts as long as the need exists. If you would like more information on how to receive care from a Stephen Minister, please contact Rev. Deborah Clark at 464-2423 STEPHEN MINISTRY FORMS:
Distinctively Christian Care Report Questions for Regular Supervision Group Evaluation
Stephen Ministers Progress Report Supervision Group Facilitator Report Stephen Ministry began in 1975 when the Rev. Kenneth C. Haugk, Ph.D., a pastor and clinical psychologist, trained nine laypeople 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. These trained caregivers were so enthused about their ministry, they encouraged Dr. Haugk to offer Stephen Ministry to more congregations. Over the next few years, Dr. Haugk traveled to congregations and trained Stephen Ministers. This quickly proved to be inefficient, since he could visit only a limited number of congregations, and these congregations were then dependent on him to train additional caregivers. There also was little organizational structure to supervise Stephen Ministers after they were trained. So in 1978 Dr. Haugk held the first Stephen Series Leader’s Training Course and trained the first Stephen Leaders—representatives of various churches who then returned home to train and supervise their congregation’s Stephen Ministers. Since that time Stephen Ministries St. Louis has specialized in “equipping the equippers” through the Stephen Series ministry system. |
