Beth Claes
Breakout Session – Avoiding Burnout: Caring for Trauma Survivors Without Becoming Overwhelmed
Beth Claes is the Director of Counseling at New Heights Church in Vancouver, Washington. She has a doctorate in psychology and practiced from a traditional psychological perspective for 10 years before shifting to a gospel-centered counseling approach. In addition to leading New Heights Counseling, Beth is a trainer for ABC and has written several articles for The Gospel Coalition. She is married and has three children.
Tara Cox
Pre-Conference
Tara Cox serves as the Director of Counseling Care at Salem Heights Church, where she uses her passion for the Word to care for and serve women within the church and throughout the community. A graduate of Corban University with further studies at Western Seminary, Tara has dedicated herself to the study and teaching of God’s Word, actively participating in the Salem Heights church family since 1999. Alongside her ministry work and raising three daughters with her husband Andrew, she enjoys hiking, paddleboarding, listening to podcasts and audiobooks, and exploring thrift stores.
Aaron & Angi Greene
Breakout – When Vows Are Broken: Biblical Counseling for Betrayal Trauma in Marriage
Aaron & Angi Greene have been married for 30 years and are blessed with two sons, one daughter and a daughter-in-law. As biblical counselors at Salem Heights Church for over fifteen years, they consider it a great privilege to counsel individuals and couples, pointing them to the hope found in Christ. In their free time, they enjoy spending time with their family and being outdoors.
Justin Greene
Breakout Session – The Language of Lament
Justin Greene is a compassionate pastor and counselor at Salem Heights Church, where he has served as Senior Pastor for the past 20 years. With a heart for those navigating loss, he has personally walked alongside many individuals and families through the difficult journey of grief, offering guidance, comfort and hope rooted in Jesus Christ.
Having experienced profound grief in his own life, Justin knows firsthand the deep pain of loss. His personal battle with cancer has not only shaped his understanding of suffering but has also deepened his ability to empathize with others facing similar challenges. Through his own journey, he has gained invaluable insights into the process of healing, resilience, and the transformative power of Christ’s community.
John Henderson
General Session 3 – Be Still and Know: Trusting God’s Restorative Path
Breakout Session – Understanding Trauma Through a Biblical Lens
Breakout Session – Biblical Counseling for Childhood Abuse Survivors
John serves as an associate pastor at University Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas, primarily overseeing the counseling and care ministries of the church. After graduating from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, John went on to complete both his master’s and doctoral degrees in Counseling Psychology at the University of North Texas.
In 2020, John joined the biblical counseling faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He serves as a council board member of the Biblical Counseling Coalition, and as a board member of the Association of Biblical Counselors and Frontlines Ministries. By God’s grace he has written Equipped to Counsel, a training curriculum in biblical counseling, Catching Foxes, a book for marriage preparation, and a number of articles, booklets, and book chapters. John and his wife Ruth have been blessed with five delightful children and live in northwest Arkansas.
Angie Hilker
Breakout Session – Walking with Parents: Biblical Counseling for Families Navigating Special Needs
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Lee Lewis
Pre-Conference
Breakout Session – How to Create a Culture of Care and Counseling in the Local Church
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Matt MacCollin
Responding to Crisis Situations in the Church
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Chris Minott
Understanding and Breaking Free from Codependency
Chris Minott serves as the Soul Care and Counseling Director at Summit Church, an ABC Training Center, in Fort Myers, Florida. She has 25 years of experience counseling a wide range of issues for marriages, women, and teens and 12 years of experience training counselors for biblical counseling certification, first with ACBC and then with ABC. She equips leaders and church members to utilize biblical counseling truths to disciple and care for one another in the local church. Chris also assists Al, her husband of 39 years and Pastor of Care, in leading the Re|Engage marriage ministry at Summit Church. Her favorite thing to do is to spend time with their two daughters and son-in-law’s and their 4 grandchildren.
Pete Potloff
General Session 1 – God Is a Refuge in Trouble
Pete Potloff serves as the Executive Pastor at Salem Heights Church in Salem, Oregon. In addition to being a part of the pastoral team, he oversees the Biblical Counseling ministry and is an instructor in their Equipped to Counsel training program which trains individuals from churches throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington. He is also a member of the Association of Biblical Counselors. He and his wife Holly have three children, Jamin, Jase, and Kyla.
Kristin Silva Linder
Wisdom Adorns the Disgraced
Kristin Silva Linder is a biblical counselor based in Portland, OR, where she counsels full-time and mentors aspiring counselors through internships and consulting. Before settling in Portland, Kristin earned a Master’s degree in Theological Studies from Westminster Seminary California and trained with the Christian Counseling and Education Foundation (CCEF). She finds deep fulfillment in nurturing new counselors’ wisdom and skill, equipping them to guide others with compassion and grace anchored in biblical truth. In her spare time, Kristin enjoys spending time with her husband Larry, and their playful Corgi, Maggilou. She also delights in nurturing relationships with her grown stepchildren, experimenting in the kitchen, and enjoying the beauty of the world around her.
Curtis Solomon
Pre-Conference
General Session 2 – God’s Presence in Pain
Breakout Session – Demystifying PTSD: Understanding Trauma Through a Biblical Lens
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Shauna Van Dyke
Breakout Session – God’s Faithfulness: Renewed Hope in the Depths of Despair
Shauna Van Dyke is a certified biblical counselor and the co-founder of Truth Renewed, a ministry that provides free biblical counseling to the community. She also serves as a podcast host on Speak the Truth, is the Strategic Advisor and oversees special projects for ABC, and is the Care and Leadership Development Minister at The Mount Church. Her desire is for everyone to have a deep love for God and devotion to Scripture, while walking in a manner pleasing to the Lord, being dependent on the Spirit, living in authentic community, and enjoying an intimate relationship with Christ. Alongside her husband, Michael, she desires to work with churches to cultivate a culture of care and leadership. She has two sons, Jaxson and Dustin, and a new daughter-in-love Brea.
