Geordie and Sharon Ziegler serve with Imago Christi (www.imagochristi.org), a cross-cultural international community of spiritual formation missionaries who come alongside and equip Christian leaders and churches so that they lead out of their love relationship with God rather than the alternatives. Imago Christi actively works in about 25 countries around the world, supporting leaders and churches through spiritual direction, formation coaching, ministry-team formation consulting, and facilitating Imago Christi's Spiritual Formation Discovery course. 

Our vision is to see spiritually healthy Christian leaders, pastors, and missionaries serving Christ's Kingdom out of the overflow of an ongoing experience of the love of God that continually renews the people and ministries they lead. 

We serve leaders online or in person, in the USA and globally, as God opens doors, with a primary emphasis on Kenya and Albania. 

It is important that these leaders be able to access the support they need without money being a barrier. Would you prayerfully consider becoming one of our ministry partners? [click here to join our partner team]

ministry background

Missionaries, pastors, and church leaders are called to nurture and care for the spiritual well-being of those they serve, but this responsibility also creates pressure for them to maintain outward evidences of spiritual maturity even while neglecting their own spiritual struggles. Stress, emotional fatigue, isolation, and burnout are widespread, and create serious mental health challenges.

And for those who follow the call to serve God cross-culturally or overseas, the need is even greater, as strong member-care models are rare. Attrition rates are high with nearly 50% of global workers departing within 5 years of their deployment for preventable reasons. Systems designed for prevention (not just individual coping) are desperately needed.

Leaders who have been transformed to serve from a place of joy and freedom, and not anxious productivity or performance orientation, reflect Jesus more. And, most importantly for Christ’s kingdom, these leaders will shape disciples who reflect that same DNA. This is why Imago Christi’s work with global leaders is so essential. 

The Table Retreats

In 2021, along with longtime friends from Regent College, we co-founded The Table Retreats in Sunriver, Oregon, to help married ministry leaders reconnect to the joy that drew them into marriage and ministry through Sabbath space, a beautiful setting, and intentional conversations. 

Over 3 nights and 4 days, these retreats provide a safe space for ministry couples to reconnect to themselves and to one another in community with other couples who share similar challenges.

Check out the link and share with a couple in ministry! https://www.thetableretreats.org/

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