User:Mliimatta
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Michael Liimatta, Director of Education
Association of Gospel Rescue Missions
His duties with the AGRM include:
* Webmaster for the AGRM's web site. * Administrator of AGRM's Rescue College. * Coordinator of the Alcoholics Victorious International Office. * Compiler of the Short-term Urban Missions Directory.
More about Michael Liimatta's Professional Background
During his seminary years in Minneapolis, Michael worked with Midwest Challenge as a counselor in their addiction rehabilitation program and helped to develop their prison and jail outreach.
In 1979, he founded New Creation Ministries in Hancock, Michigan. During his tenure as Executive Director of New Creation, its programs included an outreach to correctional institutions, a professionally staffed outpatient counseling program, and a licensed Christ-centered residential drug and alcohol treatment center that served primarily indigent men.
Since becoming Director of Education for the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions in 1990, Michael has spent much time helping rescue missions to develop more effective recovery programs for addicts and their families. Because he has struggled with addiction himself and grew up in a dysfunctional alcoholic family, he brings a unique perspective to the field of rescue mission counseling. Along with his theological training, Michael has many hours of training in the principles of substance abuse treatment. He has spent hundreds of hours in counseling with chemically dependent individuals and their family members. ==
