About Dr. Chris Gibson
Dr. Chris Gibson is a pastor, theologian, seminary professor, and recovery ministry leader with over eighteen years of vocational experience in Christian ministry and integrative Christian counseling. His ministry focuses on Christ‑centered recovery, theological education, pastoral care, and global mission in service of the Church.
Dr. Gibson currently serves at Ministries of Jesus in Edmond, Oklahoma, where he is the Director of Recovery Ministries (Celebrate Recovery). He also serves as an Associate Pastor with Ethnè Global Services, participating in pastoral education, global missions, and theological training initiatives across multiple countries.
He is an ordained minister in the Southern Baptist tradition and holds a PhD in Theology and a Master of Divinity (MDiv) in Christian Counseling. His vocational focus includes theological formation, recovery discipleship, pastoral care, and the faithful integration of Christian theology with counseling and spiritual formation.
Chris and his wife, Edie, have one adult daughter, Makaila, who competes on the collegiate rodeo team at the university she attends. As a family, they enjoy time together, travel, equine athletics, mission work, and life on their small family farm in Oklahoma.
Seminary Professor and Theological Educator
In addition to his pastoral ministry, Dr. Gibson serves as a seminary professor in the United States and internationally. His academic appointments and teaching experience include:
Adjunct Professor of Counseling at Gateway Seminary
Professor of Theology, Recovery, and Historical Theology at HTI Nicaragua
Professor of Ancient Church History at Jos Theological College
He also serves as a doctoral project supervisor for students at PTS College & Advanced Studies.
Dr. Gibson is equipped to teach courses in theology, historical theology, church history, New Testament studies, Christian counseling, recovery ministry, spiritual formation, and the integration of theology and pastoral practice.
Leadership and Governance
Recovering the Image Ministries is led with a commitment to theological faithfulness, organizational accountability, and responsible stewardship. Leadership is shaped not only by pastoral and academic formation, but also by extensive nonprofit and financial oversight experience.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Gibson served as President and Director of the Big Sky Ski Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to education and youth development. In this role, he worked closely with a governing board and community stakeholders to oversee budgeting, donor relations, program development, organizational operations, and long‑range planning.
He later served as Director of The New Adams House, a nonprofit sober‑living residence in Crested Butte, Colorado. This ministry involved housing operations, resident accountability, policy development, coordination with recovery and counseling resources, and pastoral care for individuals in vulnerable stages of recovery.
In addition to nonprofit leadership, Dr. Gibson brings over twenty years of experience in real estate and financial services, including nineteen years as a licensed real estate broker and current service as a licensed mortgage loan originator. This background provides practical expertise in financial oversight, compliance, contracts, fiduciary responsibility, and risk management.
These experiences inform a ministry culture committed to transparency, accountability, sustainability, and long‑term faithfulness.
Advisory Committee
In addition to executive leadership, Recovering the Image Ministries is supported by an Advisory Committee composed of men and women with demonstrated faithfulness, professional competence, and ministry experience.
Advisory members are drawn from business, finance, nonprofit and foundation leadership, theology, education, recovery ministry, and pastoral service. Members are active Christians involved in their local churches, and many bring firsthand recovery experience alongside advanced academic training or extensive nonprofit leadership.
The Advisory Committee serves in a consultative capacity, offering prayerful support, strategic counsel, and accountability for the health and direction of the ministry.
Commitment to Faithful Stewardship
Recovering the Image Ministries is intentionally structured for long‑term sustainability rather than short‑term programming. The ministry prioritizes steady discipleship, leadership development, and mission faithfulness over rapid expansion.
Our aim is to form people who are restored through Christ, shaped in community, equipped by Scripture, and sent to educate and disciple others—locally and globally. The ministry seeks to model what it teaches: lives formed by Christ, communities shaped by discipline and grace, and leadership exercised with humility, clarity, and accountability.
Pastoral Counseling Disclaimer
Any spiritual or pastoral guidance provided through Recovering the Image Ministries is offered solely in the capacity of an ordained Christian minister. Such guidance is religious and pastoral in nature and is intended to support discipleship, spiritual formation, and pastoral care.
Recovering the Image Ministries does not provide clinical mental health services, psychotherapy, diagnosis, or treatment, nor does it represent itself as offering licensed counseling services. When clinical or specialized care is needed, the ministry prioritizes referral to appropriately licensed professionals while remaining engaged through pastoral oversight and community‑based support.
Individuals seeking mental health care should consult a licensed mental health professional.