Partnering for the Gospel: How We Can Bridge the Gap for Hurting Families

Dear Pastor and Church Leaders,
Every week, individuals and families walk through our doors carrying heavy burdens ranging from past trauma to broken marriages, depression, and spiritual warfare. At Christ-Centered Solutions, our mission is to ensure that no one in the Body of Christ is turned away from biblically grounded, Christ-exalting counseling simply because they cannot afford it.

As we look at the first seven months of 2026, God is moving powerfully, but the financial strain on our ministry has reached a critical point. We need local churches to stand with us.

The Growing Demand and Financial Reality
Our latest financial review from Fuller & Zaniboni Accounting reveals both an extraordinary ministry opportunity and an urgent financial need. Counseling sessions at CCS grew substantially this year, rising nearly 36% during the same period in 2025 to 2026. To keep biblical soul care accessible, we operate on a donation basis and heavily discount services for those in financial crisis, leading to an 87% year-over-year increase in these discounts. Currently, 66.9% of all invoiced services (roughly two out of every three dollars) are discounted or forgiven, totaling $26,417 in subsidized care through July alone. Because we have absorbed these counseling costs to serve hurting people, our ministry is currently operating at a year-to-date deficit of $9,605. Compounding this challenge, while individual partner support has grown, total support from partner churches dropped from $18,308 last year to $10,367 this year, a decline of $7,941. We consider these fee discounts an investment in the spiritual health of our brothers and sisters in Christ, but we cannot bridge this gap without the partnership of local congregations.

How Your Church Can Partner With Us
We humbly ask you to consider two immediate ways your church can lock arms with Christ-Centered Solutions:

• Include Christ-Centered Solutions in your 2027 budget. As you prepare for the new year, would you consider committing to regular monthly mission support? Predictable church partnerships are vital in allowing us to plan, staff qualified counselors, and sustain subsidized care.
• Receive a special offering now or in October (Biblical Soul Care Month). If a monthly budget commitment is not feasible for 2027, we ask your congregation to set aside one Sunday during October to highlight biblical counseling and collect a special love offering for Christ-Centered Solutions. Every dollar raised will directly sponsor biblical counseling sessions for individuals and families in financial hardship.

When your church partners with Christ-Centered Solutions, you extend your church's pastoral reach into the lives of those suffering in silence. We would love the opportunity to visit your congregation, share more about what God is doing, or provide materials for your missions committee.

Thank you for your leadership, your pastoral heart, and your continued partnership in the Gospel.

In Christ,
Dr. Rod West
Founder & Director, Christ-Centered Solutions Inc.
rwest@christcenteredsolutions.org

Church members, please share the needs of Christ-Centered Solutions with your church leadership. Please encourage them to consider supporting the ministry of CCS on a monthly basis in 2027 or by taking a special offering one Sunday in October 2026.