Helping couples serve joyfully

ELIJAHS HELP equips ministry couples to grow and sustain intimate and thriving marriages. 

In practice, we train core groups of  Christian ministry/lay couples in  a variety of churches  across denominations how to grow and sustain intimacy and vitality in their marriages in such a way as to be available and able to minister to couples who are hurting. 

We do this by providing confidential, no cost, independent, bible-based coaching. We help those who serve our Lord in full-time, part-time or on volunteer basis, restore and/or establish healthy relationships in their marriages, families and as members of church leadership groups.  

Elijahs Help’s programs are all delivered virtually via one to one videoconferencing, chat rooms and online group forums. This provides 24/7/365 access to those seeking help and comfort. It also allows us to serve more couples at the same time. 

Most importantly, Elijahs Help allows for a degree of anonymity and confidentiality that most people in ministry worry about. People in chat rooms and group forums may choose to reveal their full identity or not. People using the one-to-one sessions find comfort in knowing that we are not affiliated with any one church, thus, eliminating the concern that knowledge of them seeking help may somehow get back to their church and impact their jobs. 

We are a 501(c) (3) non-profit and our funding comes mostly from donations and the sale of books and other materials. This allows us to offer our services free of charge. 

In a culture bent on easy in, easy out marriage and divorce, we are divorce-survivors. 

We were separated for one and a half years. I wanted the divorce and had served separation papers. My wife refused to accept or sign them. 

In the meantime, God got a-hold of both our hearts. He changed our focus from looking only at the other person’s faults to seeing our nominal relationship with Him. Through this heart-rending experience, God gave us a fervor and vitality for Him and our marriage.  For us it is really as the Scripture says, ‘His power is made strong in weakness” (2 Cor. 12:9). That is our testimony, and the message we bring to couples.

Our philosophy,  “A healthy marriage is a healthy ministry” differentiates Elijahs Help from other similar ministries. The maturing obedient servant serves well at home first, and from that daily discipline serves the body of Christ best.