CRADLE staff & Volunteers have undergone training in crisis counseling. Our goal is to help women and families face the future with hope and a plan to constructively deal with their difficult life situations.


Staff:

Mandy Arthur, Executive Director, Rubyville Community Church

Christiana Minich, Office Manager, Berean Baptist Church 

Maeve Justice, Client Coordinator, Grace Community Church at Bigelow
Debbie Wells, Office Coordinator, Minford Community Church


Volunteers:

Mike Bennett, Temple Baptist Church

Tiffany Caudill, Christ Sanctuary Church

Pat McGraw, Minford Bible Baptist

Diane Harris, New Hope Freewill Baptist

Dianne Osborne, Wheelersburg Baptist Church

Marsha Richard, Rubyville Community Church

Mamie Snook, Temple Baptist Church

Kim Townsend, Wheelersburg Baptist Church

Dee Dee Travis, First Baptist Church Waverly

Jeremy Travis, First Baptist Church Waverly 

Karen Sue Fetters, Minford Bible Baptist

Brigitte Cook, Missional Community Baptist Church


CRADLE (Christ-centered Resources to Assist in Difficult Life Experiences) was organized in 1996 exclusively for the purpose of sharing the good new of Jesus Christ through the Christ-centered provision of crisis pregnancy intervention and related helps. The center is staffed mainly by volunteers from local churches who have come together for the purpose of serving families in crisis by offering the hope of Jesus Christ.

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Who We Are

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“It was my joy to watch the Lord bring the ministry of CRADLE into existence, and to see Him doing amazing things for His honor since that day.  He assembled a team of churches who have done together what they could not do on their own, to rescue the unborn as well as to bring hope to hurting individuals in the Tri-State area through the gospel of Christ"

-Pastor Brad Brandt, Wheelersburg Baptist Church

"Sitting at my desk one afternoon. Maura Pilet walks in with a Portsmouth phone book. She said “Have you ever noticed the Yellow Pages- under A-offer 9 Abortion services? “ No I said. She shows it to me. “Could we at least start praying about an Abortion alternative. We both prayed aloud and I said, sketch out a simple plan on first steps and we’ll run it by our Deacons. I too started by talking to a couple Pastor friends- 2 in Ohio/1 in Washington state. Also to the folks at Baptist Children’s Home in Indiana. She had some ideas within 8 or 9 days. We all agreed that there had to be support from area churches that were Doctrinally sound and likeminded. CRADLE was born and it was something God did. Not us. Long may it flourish.

Now the phone book has no Abortion services. First listed now under A is Abortion Alternatives. CRADLE"

-Pastor John Gowdy, Temple Baptist Church

CRADLE is located in the Carousel Center at 1112 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, OH between Waller St and Stinton St (next to Temple Baptist).

Where We Started

Call Us: 740.354.2273

Open Tuesday-Thursday 10am-4pm