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About Us |
Heritage Christian Counseling Ministries (HCCM) is a counseling ministry that relies on the power of the Holy Spirit and the devine word of God to help and disciple people in their daily lives with the pain and challenges of life.
It is our heart's desire at HCCM to impact the heritage of our children's generation with healthy, Godly and wholesome instruction to live life by in our daily lives |
About Tom |
I grew up to know and love the Lord at an early age. In high school I began to date the young lady that I would eventually marry. Our early marriage consisted of both of us going to Ohio State University, but after an unsuccessful experience, I quit and worked to help my wife finish. After she graduated she encouraged me to try schooling one more time. All it took was her emphasizing to me that she believed in me, and I was back at school. I graduated after completing eleven straight quarters with a degree in elementary education.
During my years as a teacher our three biological children were born and we adopted our then foster son. Throughout my teaching career I thoroughly enjoyed the teaching aspect and making a significant difference in young people's lives, but I always felt there was more that God had in store for me. It was also during this time that I had an incredible passion to help marriages. Because of that passion, I became involved in our churches marriage retreats. There were also times when I would be sitting at my desk after school grading papers and a fellow teacher would walk in and want to talk about their marriage. It was experiences like these that made me think that God had another plan for my life.
Finally, after great prayer and wisdom from those I trusted most in life, I resigned from teaching and enrolled at Ashland Theological Seminary to pursue a degree in pastoral counseling. It was during this time that the Lord helped me start the origins of Heritage Christian Counseling Ministries. I would work at my job forty hours a week while attending seminary fulltime and still spend about ten hours a week building Heritage.
After graduating from seminary in 1997, Heritage became a full time ministry. In 1998, Heritage became a Prepare/Enrich ministry and in 1999, it became a member of The American Association of Christian Counselors. It then became a Focus on the Family approved ministry in 2002. It has been on a steady growth pattern since and I find it to be very fulfilling.
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