Pastoral Care & Ceremonies
Weddings, funerals, same-sex unions, and other rites in a fully affirming setting. Ongoing pastoral care for individuals and families across the community.
Request via PCN →Directory/Patrick Wilson← Back to Directory
Patrick Wilson is a pastor with more than three decades of experience supporting people in their personal and professional lives. He leads CrossRoads, a non-denominational, interfaith congregation in Rolla, MO, that resides in the same building as the county homeless shelter. He and the CrossRoads family work in full affirmation and support of the queer community, partnering with or hosting their events. He performs special ceremonies including weddings, funerals, and other rites, and supports same-sex unions. He is a certified crisis-management counselor with The Trevor Project and a trained life-coach with Pinnacle Leadership Associates.
He is glad to support other community leaders in guiding their teams through affirmation, biblical exploration, and social-justice practice. He is also eager to offer personal support, pastoral care, or life-coaching to all people regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, financial status, ability, age, or other social labels.
Patrick earned his B.A. at Baylor, Th.M. and M.A.Th. at Southwestern Seminary, and his Doctorate of Ministry from Logsdon. He and his family live and serve in Rolla, Missouri.
The practice
What working with Patrick looks like.
Plain-language strategy. No shame about starting points. Always aligned to how your actual family lives.
Pastoral CareLife-CoachingCommunity NetworkingLGBTQ+ Discernment for CongregationsReligious Trauma SupportCrisis-Management CounselingRelationship & Marriage Counseling
Focus
Specialty area.
LGBTQ+ discernment work with pastors and congregations, religious trauma support for people processing past harm from faith communities, and Trevor Project certified crisis-management counseling. Also offers pastoral care, ceremonies, and 1-on-1 life-coaching for all people regardless of background.
What is affirming
Your story, used as context.
Uses the names and pronouns you use. Meets clients in their actual life, not an idealized version. Flags the places law or policy still lags, and builds around them.
On paper
Credentials.
Licenses, affiliations, and practice years. All verified at member intake and reaffirmed annually.
PCN
Role at PCN
Pastor, Counselor, Life-Coach
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Divisions
Mental Health, Community
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Organization
CrossRoads (Rolla, MO)
MO
Based in
Rolla, MO
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Serves
Missouri in-person · Nationwide online
Pronouns
He/Him
Status
Active Partner
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Credentials
Trevor Project Certified Crisis-Management Counselor · Pinnacle Leadership Associates Trained Life-Coach
D.Min
Education
B.A. Baylor · Th.M. and M.A.Th. Southwestern Seminary · Doctorate of Ministry, Logsdon
How to work with Patrick
Services.
Life-Coaching & Personal Support
One-on-one life-coaching for people evaluating decisions, navigating transitions, processing religious trauma, or working through relationship and marriage questions. All backgrounds welcome regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, financial status, ability, or age.
Request via PCN →LGBTQ+ Discernment for Congregations
Supporting pastors and church leaders through the process of affirmation, biblical exploration, and social-justice practice. For faith communities working toward becoming affirming spaces or deepening the work they have already started.
Request via PCN →Referral info
Refer someone to Patrick.
How Patrick prefers referrals, what he handles well, and how to pass the intro.
PCN role
Pastor, Counselor, Life-Coach
Best way to refer
Warm intro emaildr.jpatrickwilson@gmail.com
Response time
24 to 48 hours
Referral compensation
No referral compensation (industry standard for pastoral and counseling work)
CrossRoads is a non-denominational, interfaith congregation and does not charge for pastoral care, life-coaching, or discernment work. PCN referrals help the client find a warm, affirming front door.
Ideal referrals
- Pastors helping their churches move through LGBTQ+ discernment
- People seeking a safe space to evaluate life options
- People navigating religious trauma
- Relationship and marriage counseling seekers
- Community members looking to connect with others
Better fit elsewhere
- People who oppose LGBTQ+ inclusion, religious liberty for all, or the value of people who experience injustice and the work of equity
- Acute clinical psychiatric emergencies (route to emergency services or a licensed psychiatric provider)
- Long-term intensive clinical psychotherapy (route to a licensed therapist)
Info needed to refer
Required:Full name, contact info, state of residence, brief summary of need
How to send:Coordinate through PCN via Client Concierge
Next step
Request an introduction.
Tell us a bit about what you are working on. A council member reads every request and sends a warm intro so Patrick has context before the first call. It is always free.
Open the referral form →
Two ways in.
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