Christian said, “I am a man on my way from the City of Destruction towards Heaven. I was told that if I visited Interpreter’s House, I would be shown excellent things needful for my journey of faith.” (From John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress)
INTERPRETER’S HOUSE is an incorporated non-profit ministry with a purpose --
1. To publish the writings of Stephen D. Cloud
2. To provide respite retreats for ministers, missionaries, ministry leaders and their wives.
The publishing side of Interpreter’s House has been in place from the beginning. But in addition to the publishing and writing ministry, the ministry now includes respite retreats for ministers, missionaries, their wives and children. This is not a vacation service, but rather a guided time of rest and renewal. The program uses discounted off-season condo rentals along the Gulf Coast. The program especially focuses on pastors of smaller churches who lack the financial resources to really get away and relax/renew some. The program will not be highly structured, but will come with definite suggestions of how to prepare for this getaway, what to do or not to do while here, as well as, some guided reading assignments with some pre-retreat and post-retreat questionnaires.
Counseling resources are available when there is a need for more specific intervention.
Stephen Cloud is an ordained Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church of America (PCA). He has published numerous articles in newspapers and magazines and was an Amy Writing Award finalist in 2010. The Amy Foundation Writing Awards program is designed to recognize creative, skillful writing that applies biblical principles in a sensitive, thought-provoking manner to current issues, with an emphasis on discipleship. Cloud has published several books and pamphlets of his writings, sermons, devotionals, fiction, and poetry.
Cloud holds degrees from the University of Mobile (B.A.), Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div. with Languages); and Beeson Divinity School, Samford University (D.Min).
Stephen Cloud is the Pastor of the Lillian Fellowship in Lillian, Alabama. He and his wife, Laura, live in Perdido Key, Florida.
Contact information - interpretershouse@gmail.com;
(850) 696-9200.
INTERPRETER’S HOUSE is an incorporated non-profit ministry with a purpose --
1. To publish the writings of Stephen D. Cloud
2. To provide respite retreats for ministers, missionaries, ministry leaders and their wives.
The publishing side of Interpreter’s House has been in place from the beginning. But in addition to the publishing and writing ministry, the ministry now includes respite retreats for ministers, missionaries, their wives and children. This is not a vacation service, but rather a guided time of rest and renewal. The program uses discounted off-season condo rentals along the Gulf Coast. The program especially focuses on pastors of smaller churches who lack the financial resources to really get away and relax/renew some. The program will not be highly structured, but will come with definite suggestions of how to prepare for this getaway, what to do or not to do while here, as well as, some guided reading assignments with some pre-retreat and post-retreat questionnaires.
Counseling resources are available when there is a need for more specific intervention.
Stephen Cloud is an ordained Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church of America (PCA). He has published numerous articles in newspapers and magazines and was an Amy Writing Award finalist in 2010. The Amy Foundation Writing Awards program is designed to recognize creative, skillful writing that applies biblical principles in a sensitive, thought-provoking manner to current issues, with an emphasis on discipleship. Cloud has published several books and pamphlets of his writings, sermons, devotionals, fiction, and poetry.
Cloud holds degrees from the University of Mobile (B.A.), Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div. with Languages); and Beeson Divinity School, Samford University (D.Min).
Stephen Cloud is the Pastor of the Lillian Fellowship in Lillian, Alabama. He and his wife, Laura, live in Perdido Key, Florida.
Contact information - interpretershouse@gmail.com;
(850) 696-9200.