Meet Chris & Carmelita

Hello!
We are Chris and Carmelita Davis! We are devoted followers of Jesus Christ and passionate about loving people well. Relationally, we’ve been together for 5 years and married for 3 years (we met during COVID).

We are active and faithful members of North Garland Baptist Fellowship and serve in a variety of ministries and spaces.
I (Chris) serve as the Discipleship Champion which basically oversees 16 ministries that have discipleship orientation (i.e. Missions, Evangelism, Christian Education, and Counseling to name a few). I also created a personal ministry to fathers called Dads Forward which focuses on paternal health and the mental health of Dads while also affirming and connecting fathers to resources and safe conversation spaces.
I’m a passionate father…and I absolutely love it!
I’m a former football player and also walk with retired players in similar ways as with fathers and men. I’m a former elementary teacher as well as a football and track coach. Teaching and coaching allowed me to connect with parents and families which led me to work in the nonprofit space. It also ignited a desire to serve marriages and families.
I (Carmelita) serve as the women’s ministry co-lead as well as with our children’s ministry and Usher/Greeter ministry. I am a loving and engaged mother and I love every aspect of motherhood! As a teacher, I spent 25+ years in early childhood education, many of those years with a concentration in Special Education.
As a wife, I have a passion for healthy marriages and I’ve hosted wives retreats and safe conversation spaces for women to connect and fellowship.

Called to Counsel in Their Context

The reason we wanted to get this training is because we plan on implementing this training towards developing the counseling ministry at our church. It is a significant need in the body of Christ as a whole and we hope to be equipped to help meet the need. Our heart is to help develop the servant leaders in our congregation as they strive to be healed and healthy disciples who make disciples. We know the mantra that “everything is big in Texas.” Well, not everything! We serve at a smaller church that doesn’t have the capacity for both of us to go through this training financially.

Helping The Church Develop a Culture of Biblical Care

We met Mike and Shauna at the SBTC Empower Conference and had no clue they were in our back yard! As we were considering what sessions to attend at the conference, we believe the Holy Spirit led us to their session on biblical counseling. We are so glad we listened! We are grateful for them, their passion and commitment to equipping those who have a heart for ministry in this space, and willingness to craft this campaign.
Please consider supporting us as we seek to be equipped to serve and love God’s people well.

Will You Help Us

We’re asking the universal church to partner with us through Truth Renewed to bring biblical counseling to Garland and help other local churches develop a culture of biblical care and discipleship.

Help Chris & Carmelita Davis

In Their Call to Counsel

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