TEAM Room:
War, Hope, and Growth
Team Room: War, Hope, and Growth filed for 501(c)3 nonprofit status as an educational ministry seeking to help others who want to understand and serve combat veterans and their families.
Team Room: War, Hope, and Growth Advisors teach various topics from a Christian worldview to understand military service members from the training they receive that shapes them into war fighters, posttraumatic stress and moral injuries caused by war, suicide awareness and prevention, the importance of the local church and developing trauma-informed care ministries, and moving forward in life with hope and experiencing posttraumatic growth for thriving in life after war.
* Team Room: War, Hope, and Growth filed an Application for Recognition Exemption (Form 1023) for 501(c)3 status on September 5, 2024 and awaiting determination.
Team Room: War, Hope, and Growth Charter for Nonprofit Corporation is on file with the Montgomery County, Tennessee, Register's office since 2024.
Team Room: War, Hope, and Growth is registered with the Tennessee Secretary of State to solicit funds for charitable purposes since 2025.
Mission Statement
Team Room: War, Hope, and Growth exists to educate local churches, pastors, chaplains, seminary students, military caregivers, and other organizations on the importance of an integrated Christ-centered approach to trauma-informed care among combat veterans and their family members.
Team Room - A specified place to gather, train, and equip
War - Armed conflict between nations or people groups
Hope - Expectation in a better future grounded in Jesus Christ
Growth - Developing a new story and thriving in life after war
Biblical Rationale
While there are many passages of Scripture to support the importance of meeting the needs of others while sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the three passages that have shaped Team Room: War, Hope, and Growth in developing an integrated Christ-centered approach to trauma-informed ministry are the following.
Proverbs 18:15
"An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge."
Matthew 9:35-38
"And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.'”
Luke 10:33-34
"But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him."
Compassion implies providing a practical response to those in need. According to the context of Matthew 9:35-38, the mission field given to the Church includes those who are struggling and do not know where to turn (harassed and helpless). So to provide a loving and practical response that fulfills both mandates of evangelism and culture, local churches should seek and acquire a foundational knowledge of traumatic stress and moral injuries caused by war to properly address the struggles our war fighters and military families are experiencing. A true holistic approach that cares for image bearers in mind, body, and spirit.
Impact
From the classrooms to small group settings in the United States and in Ukraine, Team Room: War, Hope, and Growth not only teaches but also applies the lessons personally among fellow combat veterans and their family members.
2025 | Total
2025 | Total