Things to know about what you are supporting:
- At New International, Ingo works alongside NI's Wellness ministry director, Karli von Herbulis, in support of all wellness efforts for NI missionaries.
- You are supporting easy and affordable access to counseling, consulting, coaching for pastors, missionaries, and their kids/families/marriages within NI and outside of NI (in English and German). If Ingo can't do the work, a referral system kicks in.
- You are supporting mental health as a ministry for churches. Ingo helps pastors develop customized (every church is different) mental health ministries for outreach, church health, and church growth.
- You are helping Ingo get continued trainings at conferences, such as the annual Mental Health and Missions Conference in Dallas
- You are supporting trauma training for Christian counselors in various countries who could not afford it otherwise
- You are supporting social media advocacy work around mental health, faith, and human flourishing.
- You are contributing to Ingo's working tools overhead (WiFi, phone, etc.)
- Ingo seeks wisdom conversations and public discourse around the uses of technology, Large Language Models (AI), and their impact on Christianity and Christian living.
Some More Background
Ingo is a licensed professional counselor and supervisor (LPC-S in Virginia, LCMHC - North Carolina/South Carolina) and has been in counseling since 1993. Ingo holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision (CACREP accredited).
His main life accomplishment has been his three children: Lukas (29), Katharina (26) and Annika (23) and three grandchildren. Ingo is divorced but honors the past in full.
Thank you for reading to this point. Ingo seeks conversations with anyone interested in mental health ministries or if you just want to talk and pray. Contact me, please, at itophoven@newinternational.org.
Blessings,
Ingo
- with New International since 2010