About Caring For The Heart Washington Ministries
Caring for the Heart Wa is located in Silverdale, WA. We are committed to helping care and resolve personal and marital issues damaging healthy relationships, communication and emotional intimacy.
Our Staff:
Jon & Tami Johnson:
Jon and Tami have been married 41 years and have worked together in various ministries.
Jon leads the counseling sessions, and Tami is the office administrator. They live in Poulsbo, WA, near their three adult children, their spouses, and six grandchildren.
Jon has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, along with a Master’s and Doctorate of Ministry in Pastoral Leadership. His training for the Caring for the Heart counseling discipline is through Colorado Springs, Colorado. He has pastored for 14 years and retired from a law enforcement career of 26 years.
Jon & Tami have a passion for seeing relationships restored and people set free.
Our Staff: Board President
Rev. Dr. Robert Stroud:
Robert Stroud is a retired United States Air Force chaplain. He has also served four civilian congregations during his fifty-year ministry. He and his wife Delores, a Special Education teacher, have served God across the United States, in Europe, and in Micronesia. Pastor Stroud also served as a chaplain in the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Turkey, and Southwest Asia. He has received advanced training in counseling and suicide prevention.
Rob met Jon Johnson in 2010 when he volunteered to serve as a Chaplain with the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, where Jon served as a senior deputy. During many ride-alongs and off-duty times of fellowship, their friendship grew. Rob’s respect for Jon’s gentle zeal for the Lord and his deep compassion for wounded souls led him to support Caring for the Heart Washington from its onset.
Our Staff: Board Vice President
Timothy Yates:
Timothy is a retired U.S. Navy Chief Cryptologic Technician (Maintenance) who served 20 years on active duty, followed by 15 years as a Department of Defense contractor supporting the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport, Washington.
Tim has been married to his wife, Karen (Bartrand) Yates, of Honolulu, Hawaii, for 36 years and counting. Together they have four children and six grandchildren. His passion for Christ and healthy, God-centered marriages has led him to serve as a Charter Board Member of Caring For The Heart Washington, where he has also served as Treasurer and currently serves as Vice President.
Tim met Jon and Tami in 2017 when their daughter married his middle son. Since then, he has been encouraged by their heart for strengthening marriages through biblical truth and practical care. He is excited to serve alongside them because he has seen the hope, healing, and lasting impact this ministry has on couples and families, and he is passionate about helping others experience the same.
Our Staff: Board Secretary
Jeff Lander:
Jeff Lander serves as an associate with Paraclete Mission Group in the Pacific Northwest since 2018. He has been married to his wife Connie for 30 years. Prior to his time with Paraclete, Jeff served in a variety of ministry positions over the last 30+ years, including the local church (in New England and the Pacific Northwest) as a youth, families, and worship pastor. He also spent 11 years in missions on staff with Children of the Nations International, a ministry focused on caring for orphaned and vulnerable children. It was during Jeff’s time at COTNI when he met Jon & Tami Johnson (who were deeply invested in that ministry in Sierra Leone).
Over the last 8 years, Jeff has served as a Paraclete Associate, walking alongside Christian leaders like Jon & Tami Johnson, to help Christian leaders flourish, thrive, and remain effective in ministry. While Jeff’s board involvement with Caring for the Heart Washington is relatively new, his belief and support of the ministry – specifically in the professional and personal life of Jon and Tami – has been deepened over many years of friendship and partnership.
Our Staff: Board Members
Byron & Barb Williams:
Byron and Barb Williams sat under Jon’s leadership while he was the Pastor at Plain Community Church in Plain, Washington. As they grew to know Jon & Tami, they appreciated the love and wisdom the Johnsons conveyed to their congregation.
Under Jon’s leadership, Byron & Barb helped facilitate and lead a Celebrate Recovery program at Plain Community Church. When the need arose for a new director of the Plain Pantry food bank, they responded too, as it seemed fitting to come alongside those who were also struggling with addictions and other incapacitating issues. Prior to coming to Plain, Byron & Barb were evangelistic leaders at their former church in Seattle. They both have a wealth of experience in Bible study leadership and investing in men and women in various church ministries.
Together, they have a compassionate heart for those that Caring for the Heart Washington serves and are passionate to see lives transformed through the ministry.
Our Guiding Principles
Our Mission, Vision, & Core Values:
Mission:
We exist to care for the heart by assisting individuals to identify and resolve emotional and spiritual issues. We utilize wisdom from the Word of God and trust in Jesus as Healer and the enabling power of the Holy Spirit
Vision:
- To care about hurting people
- To offer hope and facilitate healing through prayer
- To share the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
- To provide counseling for couples and individual men
- To support and encourage the local church
- To provide premarital counseling
Core Values:
- Give encouragement and hope to each client
- Accept without judging others’ issues
- Understand the heart that has been damaged
- Care for the emotional pain within the heart
- Jesus can heal and bring peace to a wounded heart
- The Word of God provides wisdom to resolve each sin problem
- The Holy Spirit can convict of sin, leading to repentance and confession
- The Holy Spirit can heal and restore a damaged heart
Our Guiding Principles
Biblical Philosophy:
We are committed to assist individuals and couples to find freedom from:
- Emotional issues – stemming from damage through emotional, physical, sexual, or spiritual abuse. (Luke 4:18).
- Spiritual problems – unresolved bitterness, pride, rebellion, temporal values, hypocrisy, or moral failure.
- Spiritual strongholds – stemming from giving ground to the enemy (satanic forces) through specific activities that allow the enemy to influence people. These may include, but are not limited to, involvement in the occult, rebellion, drugs, etc. (Ephesians 4:27, I Samuel 15:23).
We depend upon the Holy Spirit to lead us in assisting you to resolve each problem. The Holy Spirit must direct, convict, and enable you in this process. We apply Biblical principles in leading you to find freedom from each problem. We do not judge you for where you are or have been, but seek to lead you to freedom. This freedom will result in experiencing God’s purpose, fulfillment, joy, and peace in a relationship with Him and others. (Galatians 5:1, John 10:10)
Jesus focused on the heart to resolve spiritual and emotional issues. Like Him, we must also accept, understand, and care for the needs of the heart. Freedom can only come as issues are dealt with at the heart level.
Our Guiding Principles
Our Beliefs:
1. We believe the Bible, Old and New Testament, is the word of God. It is fully inspired and without error in the original manuscripts, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. It has supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct. It provides the complete revelation for the salvation of man. (2 Peter 1:2; 2 Timothy 3:15-16).
2. We believe there is one true and living God, the Creator of all things, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:26; Isaiah 46:9; Matthew 3:16-17, 28:19; John 10:30).
3. We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son. His humanity and deity (John 1:1,14); His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:35); His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15, 7:26); His miracles (John 2:11); His vicarious and atoning death (1 Corinthians 15:3; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 2:9); His resurrection (John 11:25; 1 Corinthians 15:4); His ascension (Mark 16:19); His intercession at the right hand of the Father (Romans 8:34); His imminent and personal return in power and glory (Acts 1:11; I Thess. 4:16-17; Revelation 19:11-16).
4. We believe in the Holy Spirit who came from the Father and the Son, to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8); to regenerate, sanctify, and empower all who believe in Jesus Christ (John 14:16-17; Romans 8:9); to indwell every believer in Christ (Acts 1:8; Ephesians 1:13-14); to abide, teach and help (John 14:26; John 15:26; John 16:13); to equip the Church to serve and glorify God (Romans 8:13-14; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19-20; Ephesians 4:30; 5:18).
5. We believe in the necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit for Salvation. (John 3:3-6) Man was created in the image of God, but because of man’s sin and his sinful nature stands guilty, eternally lost and separated from God. The shed blood of Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead, provides the only remedy for sin; men are justified by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ, and by God’s grace through faith are saved from the penalty of sin unto eternal life. (John 3:16-19; 5:24; Romans 3:23; 5:8-9; Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:18; 1 John 1:7).
6. We believe in the Universal Church. A living spiritual body of which Christ is the Head and all regenerated persons are members. We believe in the Local Church, consisting of people believing by faith in Jesus Christ. The Church is characterized by love for one another. (John 13:35; 1 John. 3:23; Romans 8:9-16; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; Galatians 3:26-28; Ephesians 4:1-16).
God commands His Church to preach the gospel to all people, teaching them to accept and adhere to His teachings and to be ambassadors for Him in the present evil world. (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:44-48; John 20:21; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Philippians 2:15)
7. We believe in Water Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Jesus gave these two ordinances to the Church. (Matthew 28:19; Matthew 3:13-17; Romans 6:1-10; Colossian 2:12; Act 2:41-42, 8:12; I Corinthians 10:16-17, 11:24-27, Luke 22:19-20)
8. We believe in the resurrection, the personal and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to the earth and the establishment of His Kingdom (I Thess. 4:13-18). We believe in the resurrection of the body, the final judgement, the eternal joy of the righteous, and the endless suffering of the wicked.
9. We believe marriage is a covenant relationship established by God between one man and one woman which God created in His own image. We abide by Jesus’ teaching on marriage (Matthew 19:4b-6) and affirm and value God’s gift of marriage. (Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:23-24; I Corinthians 7:1-16, Ephesians 5:22-33; Hebrews 13:4)
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