Welcome to Pastoral care ministry/christian counseling

Kenna Knotts brings a unique voice to Christian Counseling – compassionate, charitable, firm, and direct – all the while remaining positive and confident in God's love and grace. She has many personal perspectives on the problems of today.

Kenna has experienced an unloving childhood, dealing with adoptive issues, rejection, verbal, emotional, and physical abuse.
 

In adulthood, Kenna was a victim of (stranger) rape, infertility challenges, an ungodly marriage, divorce, single parenthood – including the joys of homeschooling her daughter – and numerous economic and career challenges. Through it all, Kenna has always kept a growing love and faith in, and for the Lord.
 

Late in life, Kenna found her niche in Private Investigations.  Kenna established her own company and although she has performed all the “classic” private investigator activities…surveillance, background checks, property/deed verifications, and process serves, Kenna found her true gift in searching for birth parents, adoptees, and siblings. Throughout literally hundreds of searches and reunions, Kenna has been instrumental in helping clients navigate the emotional roller coaster concerning all parties of the adoption triad.
 

A recognized expert in this unique and highly specialized field, Kenna has given talks to numerous Adoption Support Groups and has been a guest speaker on WAEC Love 860 AM Radio, out of Atlanta, Georgia and has been a guest on various other radio stations. She has also been written about several times in the Columbus Dispatch and was recently featured as the subject of an inspiring article in Women's World Weekly, a national magazine. Steve and Kenna co-authored an article requested by The State Library of Ohio for their November, 2011 issue.
 

Kenna has been blessed by the Lord not only with a Godly marriage to her best friend, and partner, Steve, but with the love and wonderful relationships with her daughter, AmyElida, son-in-law, Randy, grandchildren Ella & Gabe, and stepdaughter, Tori.  

 

Steve Knotts brings a wide array of life, educational, and vocational experiences to the Christian Counseling arena.

No stranger to hard-work, growing up in an Appalachian agricultural family with deeply rooted Christian traditions and strong work-ethics, Steve began working as a youngster in the rapidly vanishing job-market of mowing lawns/yard-work, and delivering the Columbus Citizen Journal – anything to make a dime!  As a teenager, Steve continued working a variety of jobs.....everything from restaurants, farm labor, construction, operating heavy equipment, and factory work…all teaching him new skills, opportunities, and challenges......
 

As a young man in his twenties, while a student at OSU, Steve was hired at a large information science publishing firm to work as a…“mail-boy”.  Steve rose rapidly through the ranks holding various supervisory/management positions.  He obtained his Associate and Bachelors of Science degrees with dual majors in Management Science and Industrial Management. He ended his corporate career as a Systems Engineer where he managed various large-scale project teams.  During this period he also established his own independent Management Consulting practice.  Steve also developed and conducted many training seminars on a wide variety of technical and management, leadership, and human resource subjects.  He holds a Master's Degree (MPA) in Public Policy & Management and is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Theology Degree.
 

At the ripe old age of 40, Steve fulfilled his dream of being in law enforcement successfully completing the rigorous training regimen with men and women half his age.  He is currently a retired Sergeant with the Columbus Police Department with 30 yrs. of law enforcement experience. His background and training there have been both broad and deep. He has received specialized training in Investigations, Interviewing/Interrogation as well as Crisis Intervention. While serving in the patrol function and as a precinct sergeant, Steve has responded to hundreds of critical incidents and has counseled people in a full-range of life-issues such as suicide, domestic violence/abuse, anger management, adolescent problems, substance abuse, etc.
 

Steve's walk with God began at an early age, but he was specifically called by the Lord late in life to dedicate the remainder of his time in the Lord's service. Steve is both an ordained minister as well as a commissioned Stephen Minister. He has launched his own ministry assisted by his wife, Kenna, for the purpose of outreach and evangelism.

Additionally, Steve serves with Global Media Outreach, an internet Great Commission organization.  With GMO he served as not only an on-line missionary and community leader over other on-line missionaries reaching the unreached around the world sharing the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, and was also a "Guardian" over 35 church communities in the northeast United States coordinating their on-line missionary activities.  Lately, he has stepped down from these administrative functions in order to better focus on discipling his contacts in their continued walk with Christ.
 

Steve is also an accomplished musician and has performed for a number of years both solo, and with a variety of bluegrass, country, and country-rock groups, at both small and large venues.
 

A participant in failed marriages, Steve has at long-last been blessed by the Lord with a Christ-centered marriage to his best friend and life-partner, Kenna.  He has a daughter, Tori, step-daughter AmyElida, son-in-law Randy, and grandchildren, Ella & Gabe.

Steve has partnered with Kenna in bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to hurting people and families with their Pastoral/Christian Counseling Service.