Amy Simpson

Amy Simpson is an inner strength coach, a popular speaker, and author of Troubled Minds and Anxious. She is a passionate leader and communicator, and a Co-Active personal and professional coach who loves to encourage Christ’s church and its people to discern and fulfill their calling in this life.

She is a regular contributor for Her.meneutics and has published articles with Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, Today’s Christian Woman, Christian Singles, Group magazine, Children’s Ministry magazine, Q Ideas, ChurchLeaders.com, Relevant, Prism magazine, and other publications. She has worked for Tyndale House Publishers, Group Publishing, Gospel Light, Standard Publishing, LifeWay, Focus on the Family, Zondervan, and Christianity Today. Amy is a member of Ink: A Creative Collective.

Amy and her husband, Trevor, have two kids and live in the western suburbs of Chicago.

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The Inspirational, Interdenominational, Multi-Congregational Ministry Movement

What happens when local churches stop competing and start seeing themselves as multiple sites of God’s Church in a city?

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When Moral Boundaries Become Incubators for Sin

The walls we build around our ministries can lull us into spiritual complacency.

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How a Small Congregation Fed 145,000 People

God is using 124 people from this historic congregation to support a big ministry.

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Ministry on the Alaskan Frontier

Curtis Ivanoff talks leadership and reconciliation in America’s most diverse census tract.

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Top 10 Resources for Mental Health Ministry

Books, websites, organizations, and people who can help you help those with mental illness and their families.

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Pastors in Recovery

Admitting an addiction has its risks … and real ministry benefits.

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High Anxiety

Leaders have lots of reasons to worry … and one overriding reason not to.

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Growing Grace for Mental Illness

One pastor’s story mirrors a burgeoning response in the church.

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When Service is Selfish

Codependent behavior might be as close as your church.

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Codependency and the Church

It’s a growing addiction. Are you ready to talk about it?

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Addressing Depression and Suicide in Your Church

The best time to deal with a crisis is before it hits.

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Confessions of a Ministry Introvert

Understanding my personality enabled me to see introversion as a gift rather than a liability.

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Through a Glass, Darkly

Ministry to the mentally ill.

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So Many Bosses

Is it possible for a church leader to live with margins in his or her life?

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Highlighting Our Differences

Should churches set themselves in contrast to other congregations?

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Should You Stop Asking for Volunteers?

Perhaps it’s time church staff and leaders re-think how they recruit help

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Leading Your Leaders

Ten effective ways to serve those you lead.

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