Mission of Restore Clergy

Restore Clergy exists to build resiliency in clergy so that they may have faithful and sustainable ministries. We primarily do this through a year long program that develops community, connection, and healing for clergy.

Our Story

As the founder of Restore Clergy, Rev. Kinsie M. Tate, LPCC understands the unique challenges that clergy face. She served as clergy in a local church prior to becoming a therapist and is also a clergy spouse. Restore Clergy grew out of the struggle she witnessed clergy experiencing prior to, and during the pandemic. It is an organization whose goal is to help clergy discover a renewed passion for ministry through retreat, reflection, and revitalization. 

Meet the Board

  • Founder and Executive Director

    Rev. Kinsie Tate is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with over 15 years experience working with hundreds of clients through the local church, community mental health settings, psychiatric settings, and private practice. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Art Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002, her Master of Divinity from Philips Theological Seminary in 2007, and a Master of Education in Applied Behavioral Studies from Oklahoma City University in 2010. She was ordained in 2007 and maintains endorsement with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Pacific Southwest Region. She maintains a private therapy practice in Newport Beach, CA where she lives with her spouse, Kris, a United Methodist minister serving a local congregation, their 3 school aged children, Patrick, Henry, and E.V., and their therapy dog, Daisy.

  • Board Chair

    Rev. Geoffrey Brewster currently serves as Assistant Vice President for Development, where he works with his colleagues to assist in the fundraising efforts that support the more than a dozen programs of Ministerial Relief and Assistance. “Working to serve those who have given their lives to in ministry is the honor of my ministerial career. ‘For the Support of Ministry,’ is PFCC’s Mission Statement. It is simple, and yet, so very profound. I truly love what I do.” Prior to beginning his ministry with PFCC in April of 2019, Geoff worked in development for Phillips Seminary for nine and a half years.
    Geoff began his ministry as youth intern at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Shawnee, OK, in 1997. Over the course of the next decade, he served multiple churches in the Oklahoma Region. In 2003 Geoff earned his BA in Psychology from the University of Central Oklahoma and earned his M.Div. from Phillips Seminary in May 2010. Geoff was ordained at Southern Hills Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Edmond, OK, in May of that same year.
    In his free time, he enjoys volunteering with local nonprofit organizations, going to the gym, cooking and gardening, and spending time with his partner, Travis, and their two dogs, Ernie and Pickles Marie.

  • Board Vice Chair

    The Rev. Rebecca L. Highfield serves as the Director of Pastoral Care at Mary Washington Healthcare. She is a Certified Educator with the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) and a Board Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC). Prior to joining Mary Washington in early 2019, Rebecca was a congregational pastor and then a chaplain and educator at Virginia Commonwealth University.


    Rebecca received her Bachelor of Science in Radio-Television-Film from the University of Texas and her Master of Divinity from Philips Theological Seminary. She earned her Master of Science in Patient Counseling and Master of Science in Patient Counseling-Supervisory Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. She was ordained in and maintains endorsement with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

  • Treasurer

    Lindsey M. Trousdale is proud to serve as Restore’s Treasurer. She oversees all aspects of the foundation’s finances, including the development and management of budgets, preparation of financial statements, and reporting.
    Trousdale has over fifteen years of management experience in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. She is a collaborative innovator that excels in designing and facilitating process improvements that are aligned with company goals.
    Trousdale is a licensed CPA in the state of Texas and holds both a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master in Professional Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. She lives in Dallas, TX with her husband, Devin, and daughters, Zoe and Charlie.

  • New Orleans native, Dr. Tammy Lewis Wilborn (she/her) is a retired board-certified licensed professional counselor-supervisor with 20+ years of professional experience. Among her other accomplishments, Dr. Wilborn owned and managed a solo clinical mental health private practice, held faculty appointments at the University of New Orleans and Xavier University of Louisiana, founded the annual Black Women’s Wellness Conference of New Orleans, and authored Playing A New Game: A Black Woman’s Guide to Being Well and Thriving in the Workplace. As a mental health and wellness expert and professional keynote speaker, Dr. Wilborn has informed, inspired, and ignited audiences of all types to be well, whole, and free as God intended.

    Dr. Wilborn holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a Master of Science in Counseling, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Loyola University of New Orleans. She is also a 2021 graduate of Loyola University of New Orleans’ Women’s Leadership Academy.

    In 2020, Dr. Wilborn answered her call to ministry and began graduate studies in the fall of 2022
    at Vanderbilt Divinity School (VDS). In December 2024, she will graduate from VDS with a Master
    of Divinity degree and a concentration in Pastoral and Prophetic Congregational Leadership. She is a Member-In-Discernment in the Southeast Conference of the United Church of Christ and an active member of Howard Congregational United Church of Christ, in Nashville, Tennessee.

    Dr. Wilborn is married and is the mother of two adult sons and a teenage son who thinks he’s an adult.


  • Kurt Gwartney is the senior director of communications and instructor in the Center for Ministry and Lay Training at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Okla. A 1999 alumnus of the seminary, Kurt has served in a variety of journalism and communications roles throughout most of his life.

    He started working in radio at the age of 16 at his hometown radio station, kicking off his journalism and media career. Kurt and departments he led have won numerous state and national journalism awards. His reporting was frequently heard on NPR national newscasts and programs.

    He currently serves as the executive director of Freedom of Information Oklahoma and board president of Family Promise of Tulsa County. Kurt is the former president of the Oklahoma chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, past treasurer for the national board of governors of the Religion Communicators Council, and former board member of Public Radio News Directors Inc. (now the Public Media Journalists Association). He is the past chair of the Tulsa Regional Chamber's business diversity, equity, and inclusion organization, Mosaic, and served two years on the chamber’s executive committee and board of directors.

    Kurt is a certified United Methodist Communicator, with Accreditation in Public Relations (APR), and certificates in Advanced Crisis Communication, Nonprofit Management (Professional), Adult Mental Health First Aid, and Health Minister from Wesley Theological Seminary.

     He has a Master of Divinity degree (with honors) from Phillips and a bachelor’s degree in organizational management from Colorado Christian University. He also studied theology at The Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colo. and journalism and political science at Oklahoma State University.

Meet Rev. Kinsie M. Tate, LPCC

My journey began when my parents separated and eventually divorced when I was in high school. I felt lost and uncertain. I was looking for help but didn’t know where to find it. In college, I was involved with campus ministry and found connection and belonging that led me to Seminary and pastoral ministry.

I got married and after 3 years in the local church, I began to feel uncertain once again. I found my true calling in ministry through counseling couples and individuals that were in transition and struggling. I went back to school and began my practice as a therapist in 2010.

I began in community mental health and eventually made my way into private practice. Along the way I had 3 children, moved several times, and eventually landed in California at the height of the pandemic. Once again, I found myself in a period of transition and uncertainty. This time the uncertainty was from a deeper place within me and I realized it was not a change in career that I needed, it was a deeper understanding of why I was feeling uncertain in periods of transition.

From a young age I struggled with body image. I tried every diet and exercise program to “fix” my body and feel acceptable, but nothing worked. I found a program called Truce With Food developed by Ali Shapiro that helped me to finally make peace with my body and embrace the uncertainty that I came to discover was transformation in disguise. I learned that the discomfort that I attributed to my body was really about feeling inadequate and I tried for years to manage the inadequacy with diets, exercise, and changing careers, only to feel more inadequate when it didn’t fix the problem. I learned it is a viscous cycle that kept me stuck and made life harder.

I eventually became certified in the Truce process. It helped me break my cycle and now I am able to help others break their cycle and embrace the abundance that comes from truly accepting yourself. I am passionate about helping others identify and embrace their struggle and guide them through the transformation.

We all need help sometimes. I know I would not be where I am without the many people that supported me through those periods of uncertainty and transformation, and I would be honored if you allow me to be that person for you.