Stephen Ministry Facts & Stats

by Marilyn Janzen-Baker on May 17, 2022

Stephen Ministry began in 1975.  Stephen Ministry is now in more than 13,000 congregations in all 50 states and in 30 other countries.  More than 600,000 people have trained as Stephen Ministers. More than one-and-a-half million people have received care from a Stephen Minister in a formal one-to-one Stephen Ministry caring relationship, and millions more have been touched by Stephen Ministry in informal ways.

IMPORTANT NOTES: 

  • Stephen Ministers are not counselors.
  • Stephen Ministry is a supervised ministry.
  • Stephen Ministry is a confidential ministry.

If you have any questions regarding our Stephen Ministry Program, please call Dave Rueter at (925)961-9599 or email at

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