Our Partner for Congregational Health expertise - Beth Crissman

Rev. Beth M. Crissman, an ordained elder in the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, along with her husband, Rev. Kelly Crissman, serve as founders and executive directors of Plowpoint, a non-profit ministry committed to breaking ground for the seed of the Gospel through ministries that prepare and repair the church and church leaders. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (BS Nursing), University of California-Los Angeles (MNursing-Family Nurse Practitioner), and Emory University (MDiv).Beth has served as pastor of churches in Georgia and North Carolina. Before ministry Beth worked as a nurse practitioner, a health administrator for city government, a clinical director for a community health center, a burn center nurse, and an assistant professor at a medical school.

Beth is the author of three books:
Longing to Belong: learning to relate as the Body of Christ
Feeding and Leading of Shepherds: learning to relate as sheep and shepherds
Stepping in the Stream: learning to relate to the will of God.