Chris Adams, PhD

Chris Adams, PhD, is a third-generation pastor's kid, ordained minister, clinical psychologist, and certified wellbeing and leadership coach. He has served in pastoral care and counseling roles in a large congregation and a large Christian university. He specializes in the wellbeing of ministerial students, clergy, missionaries, and their families. Chris currently serves as Professor and Executive Director of the Mental Health and the Church initiative at Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology, Biola University: www.biola.edu/mhc. Chris teaches pastoral care and counseling, Christian leadership formation, and psychology and Christianity integration courses for Rosemead and several seminaries. Chris is a consultant to numerous denominations and seminaries in the areas of clergy and missionary candidate formative evaluation, clergy and missionary health and flourishing, and ministry leadership formation. He is the lead researcher for the Flourishing in Ministry project www.flourishinginministry.org and is a frequent lecturer at seminaries, retreats, and conferences.