{"id":392,"date":"2020-03-14T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T03:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/?page_id=392"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:40:09","slug":"pastoral-care-and-counseling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/?page_id=392","title":{"rendered":"Identity Pastoral Care and Counseling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"392\" class=\"elementor elementor-392\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57309013 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57309013\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37abc051\" data-id=\"37abc051\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57236f0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57236f0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We want to provide space where LGBTQ background Christians and their family members might grow in their identity in Christ. This is what we refer to as strengthening a Believer&#8217;s ladder (Jn. 1:51c; 14:12bc). We also want to strengthen the relationships among families and the Church, these relationships are bridges and are the fundamental approach to ministering Heaven&#8217;s love and power between Believers and LGBTQ+ peoples.<\/p><p>We are not licensed therapists but Christian leaders who seek to apply Spirit-led direction, Scripture, wisdom, and reason to help individuals and their families mature in Jesus.\u00a0<\/p><p>The following points of emphasis explain a bit of our methodology:<\/p><ul><li>focusing on furthering an LGBTQ person&#8217;s (or family member&#8217;s) personal relationship with God through Jesus.<\/li><li>inviting the Holy Spirit to bring wholeness.<\/li><li>applying Scripture with wisdom and love.<\/li><li>connecting individuals to supportive and sound Christian community.<\/li><li>activating LGBTQ background Christians toward their own mission with the Trinity.<\/li><li>supporting and validating the realities and complexities of being Christian while dealing with Same-Sex Attraction (SSA) or Gender Dysphoria (GD). While helping loved ones understand those realities.<\/li><li>we create safe spaces to help persons who desire to be open, known, and challenged toward living in Christ. We do this in one on one settings, personalized small group settings, and small groups.<\/li><li>we refer out to licensed therapists and care providers where appropriate.<\/li><li>we seek to uphold confidentiality.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6c7e92 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6c7e92\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-03a4fcf\" data-id=\"03a4fcf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a77da2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a77da2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Family-Support-Group-e1690841053589.png?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1145 no-lazy\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Family-Support-Group-e1690841053589.png?w=1063&amp;ssl=1 1063w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Family-Support-Group-e1690841053589.png?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Family-Support-Group-e1690841053589.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Family-Support-Group-e1690841053589.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Family-Support-Group-e1690841053589.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Family-Support-Group-e1690841053589.png?resize=528%2C297&amp;ssl=1 528w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e081a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e081a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Family and Friends Support Group<\/strong><\/h4><p>This branch of the ministry provides a safe space to support, care, pray and stand in solidarity with the family members or close friends of LGBTQ people. This group is hope and prayer centered rather than solutions based. While solutions and helpful tools may arise, the aim of the group is to provide a safe space. Groups are kept small in order to ensure quality time.<\/p><p>We currently meet via zoom on the first Thursday evenings of the month, from 6-730p PST.<\/p><p>All participants must fill out this <a href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/id\/urn:aaid:sc:US:cb0f0f13-fe88-5995-868f-666f7266f676\">waiver.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-326e7cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"326e7cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa9cad8\" data-id=\"aa9cad8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-792868b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"792868b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1054\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ID-Group-Invite-1-e1690841008164.png?fit=1054%2C598&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1143 no-lazy\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ID-Group-Invite-1-e1690841008164.png?w=1054&amp;ssl=1 1054w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ID-Group-Invite-1-e1690841008164.png?resize=800%2C454&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ID-Group-Invite-1-e1690841008164.png?resize=1024%2C581&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ID-Group-Invite-1-e1690841008164.png?resize=150%2C85&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ID-Group-Invite-1-e1690841008164.png?resize=768%2C436&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1054px) 100vw, 1054px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0d448b\" data-id=\"f0d448b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b22f3eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b22f3eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Identity Discipleship Group<\/strong><\/h4><p>We envision a Community of whole Believers, journeying together practicing returning to God to see Him heal us so we can be in deep connection with Him and others (Jer. 3:22).<\/p><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Tools:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1467lWrzuPTkoDIXoD3oQtOJA5eu-sjAaVdqJsOUmmkk\/edit?usp%3Dsharing&amp;sa=D&amp;source=calendar&amp;usd=2&amp;usg=AOvVaw0HQdpLUkGd65OTvtM1zbAw\">Emotional Tally Sheet\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/zoom.us\/wb\/doc\/jCInQ22sTHyoUvsOditK-w&amp;sa=D&amp;source=calendar&amp;usd=2&amp;usg=AOvVaw25FOR5iclFG42bAZqE7AVg\">Learning Circle<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>We will meet once per week via Zoom on most Sundays 230-330p.<\/p><p>Please take this<a href=\"https:\/\/us4.list-manage.com\/survey?u=a47d829f8cb2f393e9ad1021d&amp;id=4c36e02d2f&amp;attribution=false\"> survey<\/a> to gather more information or join.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We want to provide space where LGBTQ background Christians and their family members might grow in their identity in Christ. This is what we refer to as strengthening a Believer&#8217;s ladder (Jn. 1:51c; 14:12bc). We also want to strengthen the relationships among families and the Church, these relationships are bridges and are the fundamental approach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-392","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1747,"href":"https:\/\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392\/revisions\/1747"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thousandrainbowsministries.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}