The Ministry & The Family
Barnabas Ministry of Michigan
A.C. & Mrs. Caincross · A Friend to Pastors
A husband-and-wife ministry given to one simple work: encouraging pastors and building up the local church.
Barnabas Ministry of Michigan was born out of a love for pastors and a burden for the local church. Named for the “son of encouragement” in the book of Acts, the ministry exists to come alongside the men and women who give their lives to shepherd God's people.
A.C. Caincross and his wife serve churches across Michigan and the surrounding region in whatever way is needed — preaching and pulpit supply, revival meetings, and music, with A.C. leading the singing and his wife at the piano. They are glad to carry a whole service, or simply to handle the music alongside a visiting evangelist.
Their ministry also flows out of their own story. Having suffered the loss of two children, the Caincrosses carry a burden to comfort the grieving through their Anchored In Hope ministry. And as foster and adoptive parents — and a foster-care worker — they help churches strengthen their homes and answer God's call to care for the fatherless.
The ministry rests on three words — encouraging, equipping, and edifying — and on the conviction that a healthy, well-loved pastor, and a church that cares for the hurting, are among God's greatest gifts to a community.
“Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.”
“Encouraging · Equipping · Edifying”