Chris and Carol Green | Fruitful Life Learning Community

Servants of Christ

"The Word of the Lord to us was that HE did not send us to reach the masses. We were sent to reach the misses. We believe God sent us to connect with those who were overlooked, ignored, passed over, or they fell through the cracks in our homes, communities and churches. We provide a 'ministry of presence' for people who are facing battles and struggles in mental, emotional, physical, financial, occupational, or relational challenges; or simply working through life's many setbacks and side tracks. Therefore, most of our gatherings are quite small, but they have had effective impact. We're not here to build a big ministry. We're building people." - Chris and Carol Green

Chris and Carol Green (BCMMHC, CMLC, DSe, Hon.Causa) see themselves as servants of Christ. These former bi-vocational pastors have been international leadership advisors/ consultants/ professors/ and humanitarian statesmen; as well as songwriters, poets, authors, contributing authors (in an international best-seller), and served as ordained, licensed and commissioned ministers for more than 30 years.

Today, they are Board-certified master mental health coaches (BCMMHC) with emphasis on Marriage and Family (Carol), and Crisis Response and Trauma Care (Chris); certified master CARE-Readiness coaches and trainers (CMLC), holistic wellness promoters, human value advocates, and marriage, family and ministry mentors. They have been educated, trained and certified in Christian Leadership, Biblical Counseling, Chaplaincy (Chris), and Business Administration (Chris).

They carry decades of personal and professional experience and for their many accomplishments, they have received numerous awards and acknowledgements, highlighted by each being conferred a life-evidence and achievement, competency-based ministry doctorate (DSe), and two honorary doctorates (Hon.Causa).

They've been through times of income loss and homelessness; been targets of theft, fraud, betrayal, character smearing and swindle; been denied, detoured, delayed, disappointed, disillusioned, discouraged, and battled through burn out/ compassion fatigue, as well as the mental and emotional wear and tear that comes with life's setbacks; and they know what it means to live in bitter seasons, and to have to pray, plan, wait, work and rise again; again and again.

Their Story: After decades of pastoral ministry, the Greens stepped outside of traditional religious settings and facilities to directly connect with and serve their community. Their community-supporting initiatives have included volunteering and hosting monthly workshops in an unemployment center, on-call life coaching support and monthly training for the staff of a women's emergency shelter, consultation and training for local human service organizations, and collaborating with various community outreach efforts.

From that priceless wealth of experience, wisdom and insight, they created a fresh approach to mentoring, coaching and consulting services. Now they encourage, empower and educate other servant leaders in business, community outreach, government, education, human services, households, neighborhoods, churches and ministries on building capacity for CARE-Readiness within themselves and their teams, engaging in mental health awareness and advocacy, and embracing spiritual care and wellness as a core value for overall success. They do this primarily through their CARE-Readiness Initiatives, Soul Care and Spiritual Wellness Support Groups, and Biblical Counsel and Coaching.

The Greens have been faithfully married over 40 years and they have three adult sons, two daughters-in-law, two grand children, and a host of people throughout the world who call them 'mom and dad'.

They are a husband-wife team with one business, one school and one mission: Renovations in Hearts and Homes. Therefore, they are not aligned with any political party, religious dogma, or 'bandwagon' social movements. They have been leaders within an under-the-radar, international phenomenon in which people of faith have been moving, by the thousands, outside of their traditions and buildings to take healing and hope to their personal and professional communities.

Honors, Awards, Achievements and Acknowledgements

Founders and Instructors of the STEP Forward Life Institute™
Founders and Servants of the Fruitful Life Learning Community
Business Owners, Consultants and Coach Trainers of C and C Connections, LLC
Creators of the CARE-Ready Life Coaching® Model: CARE-Readiness/ Education/ Certification
Certified Chaplain Assistant (Chris)
Board Certified Master Mental Health Coaches (International Board of Christian Care)
Presidential Membership with the American Association of Christian Counselors
Certified Master Life Coaches (United Graduate College and Seminary International)
Membership with the Urban Pastors and Leaders Alliance
ICN World Civility Icons: 2022 Global Educators of the Year (I Change Nations™)
Life-Evidence and Achievement Doctorates: Searcherdemics (2022, UGCSI)
Productive Business Civility Award for Global Civility Business Leadership (2021)
Inducted as Icons of Greatness in the 2021 World Book of Greatness (London, UK)
Harambee 2019 Community Leadership Award (Ujamaa, Cooperative Economics)
Honorary Doctorates: Society and Human Rights (2018, LUT)
International Humanitarian Statesmanship (2017, I Change Nations™)
United Way 2017 Volunteer of the Year Nominations
Honorary Doctorates: Christian Leadership and Humanities (2016, UGCSI)
Goodwill Ambassadors of World Peace and Civility (2015, ICN™)
Certification: Biblical Counseling (AACC/ Light University, 2003)
Founders Award (Metro Christian Worship Center, St. Louis, MO, USA)
DHTV 1999 Producer of the Year (Chris) - Best Religious Cable Television Broadcast (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Outstanding Leadership Award (Metro Christian Worship Center, St. Louis, MO, USA)
Authors of 20 Books, 3 Training manuals, and over 50 online course curricula
Contributing authors in an international best-seller
Writers and publishers of over 150 songs since the 1990's