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Mark Hausfeld
Executive Director
The Institute of Ministerial Wholeness
Dr. Mark Hausfeld has more than thirty years of pastoral and missionary experience, both in the United States and abroad. He is passionate about spiritual direction, leading retreats, and holistic formation so that ministers, missionaries, and those in the marketplace may be whole in Christ.
Stephanie Bradshaw Smith
Associate Director
The Institute of Ministerial Wholeness
Rev. Stephanie Smith is an ordained minister serving in the Seattle Metro area. A Certified Spiritual Director and seasoned mentor, she has invested in leaders around the world. Stephanie brings decades of experience in leadership, teaching, spiritual direction and mentoring, and church planting. She is passionate about spiritual health and transformation, combining visionary thinking with a grounded, relational approach.
Our Mission
The Institute for Ministerial Wholeness (IMW) is committed to deepening the holistic health of ministers in body, mind, soul, and spirit with emphasis on total wellbeing as essential for consistent, vibrant, relevant, and long-lasting Kingdom impact. "I take care of everyone else but who's going to take care of me?" As Christ's disciples, we are to steward every aspect of our lives. In Lifeway Research’s “2022 Greatest Needs of Pastors” study, more than 200 pastors identified 44 needs they face in ministry. Those needs were divided into seven categories. Another 1,000 pastors were surveyed to determine how common each need was in pastoral ministry across the U.S. Here are the top needs: - People’s apathy or lack of commitment: 75% - Consistency in personal prayer: 72% - Friendship and fellowship with others: 69% - Consistency in Bible reading not related to sermon or teaching preparation: 68% - Trusting God: 66% - Relationships with other pastors: 64% - Consistency in taking a Sabbath: 64% - Stress: 63% - Confessing and repenting from personal sin: 61% - Consistency exercising: 59% - Avoiding over-commitment and overwork: 55% - Time management: 51% The IMW is unique in its approach to the health and wellbeing of those in vocational ministry. No other institute like it at the time of this event exists.
Meet Trusted Counselors and Psychologists
Dr. Beth Davis
Ordained Minister - BCC - Pastoral Counselor
Dr. Beth Davis is an ordained minister, board-certified health care chaplain (BCC), and pastoral counselor. She holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary and has specialized training in grief support, trauma recovery, and crisis debriefing. During her missionary career Beth worked in Vietnam, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Belgium. She also served as director of International HealthCare Ministries, an organization dedicated to promoting world-wide wholistic health and disaster response. In recent years Beth and her husband, Nathan, have traveled to over 80 countries facilitating seminars on spiritual formation and emotional resilience, and disaster preparedness.
Dr. Nathan Davis
Psychologist - Counselor
Nathan grew up in Japan, the son of missionaries Dr. Jim and Genevieve Davis. Before becoming a missionary, he served the U.S. Air Force as a psychologist for 29 years. Upon retirement, he joined AGWM as a missionary, establishing member care for missionaries, and conducting trauma intervention at international locations suffering from natural disasters. He and his wife, Beth, have published ten books addressing member care needs for missionaries and ministers. Nathan serves as counselor and facilitator for seminars on resilience, relationship enhancement, trauma debriefing, transition, and spiritual formation.
Dr. Grant Jones
Licensed Psychologist
Grant Jones is a licensed psychologist of 34 years practicing at Gateway Counseling Center, Springfield, MO and is professor emeritus at Evangel University where he taught for 36 years. He currently is developing a non-profit called Shame No More, a counseling entity providing group trauma therapy to Project Rescue centers and Teen Challenge centers in Kenya. As a psychologist, he specializes in the treatment of PTSD, dissociative disorders, depression, spiritual abuse, and religious/spiritual issues. He is a missionary kid (MK) from parents Marge and Ernie Jones who served in Malawi, Senegal and Zaire. His wife, Rita, is an MK from Bangla Desh and Fiji Islands. Her parents were Orville and Yvonne Carlson. He and Rita have two sons and two daughters-in-law and four grandchildren.
Besides developing and empirically studying his trauma model, the Jones Trauma Model (JTM), he is researching how self-care enhances ministerial work and personal well-being as well as the effects of spiritual abuse on missionaries and evangelical church congregants. Regarding his work with the JTM, used across eight different Teen Challenge samples for five years, the group JTM has significantly reduced trauma symptoms in a two day program, even with three women samples. His future goal and future endeavor is to implement this model in Teen Challenge facilities.
Current IMW Board Members:
Rev. Jim Benton
Dr. Joann Butrin
George Commons
Dr. Joey Ellis
Rev. Robert Melton
Rev. Andrea Sarafan