Kristen is a third-generation minister and spent much of her childhood in the jungles of Brazil where her parents were missionaries with Wycliffe Bible Translators and her dad was a bush pilot on the Amazon. This experience cultivated a love for people, diversity and different cultures. She and Corey have served together in ministry for 30 years.

Kristen has a heart to see people thrive in healthy relationships and as healthy individuals. She has a passion to break down the barriers that keep people from a loving, healing relationship with Jesus, the God of the Universe.  In the pursuit of health in her personal life, she has found the Enneagram to be a great tool for self-discovery and self-knowledge as well a great tool in coaching people. She loves to read and currently is enjoying the works of Dallas Willard.

She has been married to Corey for over 30 years. They have three adult children, Nathaniel, Elizabeth and Rachel and one perfect granddaughter, Phoenix Louise.