Pastor Gale Kragt – Author, Counselor, Consultant, International Speaker

Pastor Gale Kragt is a pastor, counselor, international speaker, and author whose mission is to bring hope, healing, and restoration to people across the world. He holds both a Doctorate and Master’s Degree in Christian Counseling and Psychology from the Carolina University of Theology in Stanley, North Carolina, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Kingswood University in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada.

Founder of Spiritual Care Consultants

In 2007, Pastor Gale founded Spiritual Care Consultants of West Michigan in Hastings—beginning as a simple idea and growing into a nationally recognized model of emotional, spiritual, and mental-health care. He personally wrote the Spiritual Care Healing Process, which is now used internationally.

What started with one person is now a thriving team of 37 trained staff and volunteers. Over the past 17+ years, SCC has conducted over 14,000 one-on-one healing sessions with adults, children, students, families, and individuals in crisis.

18 Years as a Hospital Trauma Chaplain

Pastor Gale served 18 years as a trauma chaplain across three major hospitals, ministering in emergency rooms, trauma bays, intensive care units, and crisis-response situations. He walked with countless families through medical emergencies, sudden loss, and life-changing trauma.
These years on the frontline of human suffering shaped his heart for emotional and spiritual restoration and heavily influenced the development of the Spiritual Care Healing Process.

Public School-Based Healing Ministry

For the past nine years, Spiritual Care Consultants has served two public school systems during the school day, providing emotional and spiritual healing to students experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, bullying, and personal crises.

Revival & Healing Ministry in Michigan

Pastor Gale travels throughout Michigan leading revivals, healing services, and special meetings focused on salvation, emotional healing, Holy Spirit ministry, and helping people encounter the presence of Jesus in life-changing ways.

Latin American Missions

For more than a decade, Pastor Gale has ministered across Costa Rica and Honduras—Reaching  inner-city neighborhoods, churches, and remote villages.

His international ministry includes:

  • Training over 500 pastors and leaders in the Spiritual Care Healing Process
  • Extreme Camp (5 years): Serving alongside Pastor Christian to rescue youth from drug lords, gangs, and violent environments
  • Renacer Rehab (5 years): Serving girls ages 13–17 rescued from human trafficking and drug houses; SCC is one of only two teams allowed inside

Human Trafficking Advocacy

In 2025, Pastor Gale was a keynote speaker in San Salvador at a major Human Trafficking Conference representing all of Latin America and the Caribbean, speaking on trauma recovery, emotional healing, and the redemptive power of Jesus Christ.

Pakistan – Signs, Wonders & Miracles

Pastor Gale ministers regularly via Zoom through New Life Church in Pakistan. Through this ministry, he has witnessed miraculous healings—blind eyes opened, the lame walking, tumors disappearing—as well as countless salvations and deep emotional restoration.

Media Ministry – Radio, Podcast & YouTube

  • Faith Radio: Quarterly live guest
  • WOOD Radio 106.9 FM: 24-minute broadcast twice weekly at 1:00 AM (now in his 4th season)
  • Rockin’ Muskegon 101.7 FM: Every Saturday at 1:00 AM
  • Healing Begins Podcast: Heard in 81 countries with 33,628+ downloads
  • Healing Begins YouTube: Reaching thousands with teaching and testimony

Newspaper Columnist

Twice a month, Pastor Gale writes a half-page newspaper column for The Reminder, delivered to over 30,000 homes, offering spiritual encouragement and practical tools for overcoming life’s struggles.

Books by Pastor Gale

Pastor Gale is the author of multiple influential books and devotionals, including:

  • The Unexpected Call – Pastor Gale’s first book, telling the powerful story of his ministry trip to Ground Zero just two weeks after 9/11, where he prayed with grieving families, first responders, and people in deep emotional shock.
  • God Moments
  • Jesus in the Mountains
  • God Moments II
  • The Heart of Healing
  • Heart of Healing: Six-Week Healing Journey
  • Walking in Freedom: 90-Day Devotional -Coming Out Dec. 15, 2025

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