About Us

Tennessee Valley Pastoral Counseling is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Tennessee, operating in association with The Flood Legacy Foundation. We exist to provide professional pastoral counseling and ministry care to individuals, couples, and families at no cost to those we serve.

What began in late 2013 as a simple act of obedience has grown into a ministry that has endured financial hardship, health crisis, and spiritual warfare. Over more than a decade of service, we have gratefully carried the burdens of others from across the nation, all because of a simple calling.

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. — Galatians 6:2

Where We Started

From our very first session, Tennessee Valley Pastoral Counseling operated on a simple and countercultural premise that no one should be turned away because they cannot afford help. We launched entirely free of charge to anyone who needed it, asking local churches we served to partner with us financially so we could sustain that model.

Over the years, the lack of support and ministry sustainability led us to experiment with sliding scales and low-cost models. We told ourselves we were being responsible stewards, but the further we moved from giving freely, the less fruit we saw. God had given us a model, and we had slowly walked away from it.

How We Were Called

This ministry did not begin with a a wound instead of a business plan. Years ago, a member of our own family was in desperate need of counseling. We sought help from a local Christian practice, one that was financially supported by area churches, believing that if anyone would extend grace to a family in need, it would be them. They turned us away without an option of a sliding scale. No provision, no exception, no mercy.

That moment left us determined rather than bitter, and God used that closed door to open a calling. We returned to school full time as a husband and wife raising a family, managing a household, and pressing through a decade of rigorous academic preparation while life continued in full. Between the two of us, that commitment represented years of sacrifice, late nights, and the kind of perseverance that only makes sense when you know what you are working toward.

We were working toward the person who couldn't afford help, the couple who was one crisis away from collapse, and the family that will never be turned away from our door because of what they couldn't afford to pay.

What We Have Learned

Over a dozen years of ministry have taught us things no classroom could. We have learned that the value a client brings to the counseling process comes from their willingness to engage, not their ability to pay, and that sustained ministry cannot be built on transactional relationships. And we have learned, in the most personal and often painful of ways, that when we trust God with provision rather than trying to engineer it ourselves, He is faithful.

He has been faithful through illness, through financial emptiness, and through circumstances that, by every human measure, should have ended this work. And yet, here we are.

Where We Stand Today

Every service offered through Tennessee Valley Pastoral Counseling is provided at no charge. This is a return to our original calling and a declaration of trust in the One who called us to it.

Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you. — Luke 6:38

How We Will Continue

We believe this ministry will be sustained by the generosity of those who share our vision, people who believe that no one should choose between groceries and mental health care, between paying their electric bill and saving their marriage. If that resonates with you, we invite you to partner with us through a one-time or recurring financial gift.

Tennessee Valley Pastoral Counseling, to include its founders, has never claimed a ministry paycheck in over twelve years of service. What has kept this work alive is not a funding formula, but the faithfulness of God.