Restoration in Christ Ministries (RCM)
provides resources, training and support to those called to restore lives
shattered by abuse.
Founder of RCM
The
late
Tom R. Hawkins, Ph.D.,
Founder of
Restoration in Christ Ministries,
along with his
wife and current President,
Diane W. Hawkins, M.A.,
have
helped hundreds of survivors of severe abuse suffering
from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) since
their
first exposure to the disorder in 1987. With a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies,
Tom
claimed
no mental health credentials. However, from 1991 to 1993, he worked closely with
mental health professionals in one of the few Christian,
in-patient Dissociative Disorders Units in the United States. Restoration in
Christ Ministries was founded in 1994.
While recognizing the value of learning and applying the generally accepted
treatment principles used by professional therapists and psychiatrists,
the
Hawkins’ treatment approach also addresses the significant spiritual dynamics
occurring in DID, especially in highly complex cases. Using insights drawn from
his own broad range of experience and from networking consultations with many
Christian therapists, Tom
and Diane saw
God bring significant hope to both survivors and their therapists, pastors,
or prayer ministers. Consultations with Dr. Hawkins
were
in great demand across the nation and abroad.
President of RCM
Diane W. Hawkins, M.A.,
became
president in 2011 following the death of her husband, Tom, on December 31, 2010.
She holds a B.A. in medical technology from Taylor University (1969) and an M.A.
in Christian Ministries from Wheaton Graduate School of Theology (1973). After
spending five years as a missionary with TEAM in Zimbabwe prior to marrying Tom
in 1977, Diane served alongside of Tom as a pastor’s wife and ladies’ Bible
teacher for 12 years. She was diagnosed with DID/RA in 1987. After years of
frustrating experience in the mental health community, Diane and Tom became
actively involved in seeking for themselves healing principles that really
worked. What they learned led to Diane’s complete healing and is the basis of
the healing approach presented in their resource material.
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