Fairhaven Retreat in Roan Mountain, TN is a wonderful place to regain a grasp on sanity! See more photos.
PastorCare Network, Inc, held the 2013 Board of Directors annual meeting at WinShape Retreat, Mt. Berry, GA. See more photos.
One retreat experience offered by PastorCare Regional Shepherd Gary Bowman includes several days of camping for centering, focus and physical activity. See more photos.
We help native pastors of small missions in OK and elsewhere, like John Copeland of All Tribes Community Church in Geary, OK. He has been our friend for 10 years. We have visited his services, taken food at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and supported and encouraged in many ways. When the American Baptist Association Mission Board voted to close his mission he was crushed. We rode out with 10 people on cycles and cars to honor him in his last service, took him and his family out to eat, as well as loaned him this truck to use in his move. Dr Claflin presented him with a check for moving expenses.
PastorCare Network’s retreat at the Lake Tillary retreat house. See more photos.
Sister Norma Walker, at 80 years young, is still faithful to her calling (as an 8-year-old girl) to minister to native people. It has been our honor to serve this dear servant of God for nearly 10 years. Once she introduced us to her church this way: “These are John and his friends with PastorCare. They've sometimes brought me food, or offerings, but mostly they've just been there for me when I needed a friend.” At Christmas we visited Norma's Pentecostal Church of God Indian Mission in Lawton, Ok, brought food to contribute to the Christmas dinner, and I preached on “The Loneliest Job” in the garb of a Western shepherd, to dramatize the difficult role of a pastor. Norma’s mission is near Ft
