Professional Counselors
The Leadership of The Crossing
John Tinnin
Pastor, Director of Counseling
John Tinnin
Pastor, Director of Counseling
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John is originally from St. Louis and has been serving as a pastor since graduating from seminary in 1989 where he earned a Master of Divinity degree. In 2005, John left his church in San Diego, California to pursue a second degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at Reformed Theological Seminary. John serves as the Director of Counseling at The Crossing. He has been called to The Crossing to counsel, oversee and develop a broad range of care-based ministries.
Lynn Roush
Assistant Director of Counseling
Lynn Roush
Assistant Director of Counseling
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Lynn Roush, LPC is a native of Chicago and grew up attending Moody Church as a pastor’s kid. She felt drawn to the field of counseling in high school and chose to study psychology and philosophy at Taylor University. After graduation, she returned to Chicago to pursue an MA in Counseling Psychology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School where her course work included biblical and theological studies in addition to psychological and clinical training. There, she met Shay Roush, whom she married in 1997.
After spending several years at home raising their 3 children, Lynn started the professional counseling ministry at The Crossing in 2006. Her passion is to help people understand generational cycles of dysfunction, and work with clients to break destructive patterns in marriages and families.
Austin Conner
Pastor, Counseling Intern
Austin Conner
Pastor, Counseling Intern
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Austin is a counselor and pastor. He's been at The Crossing for 14 years working with the college ministry Veritas (12 years) and the Crossing Twenties (2 years). Currently, he is a full time counseling intern, and will finish his degree in the Spring of 2023. He and his wife Polly have been married for 13 years; they have three kiddos. Counseling is a significant tool that helped Austin experience the love and grace of Jesus, which led him to pursue a career in professional counseling. His hope and commitment is to walk with others through struggles so that they can know and experience the love, value, and dignity that Jesus gives, and help them discover how to take next steps of faithfulness in their lives.
Christine Goodwin
Counselor & Counseling Admin
Christine Goodwin
Counselor & Counseling Admin
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Christine, along with her husband and two children, has enjoyed living in Columbia and attending the Crossing since 2011. Christine received her Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education from Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL., and her Master of Education in Counseling from the University of Missouri St-Louis. She loved working as a middle school counselor before becoming a mom and staying at home to raise her kids. Christine works part-time providing individual counseling primarily for high school and college-aged students as well as young adults. She also provides the initial clinical assessment for all those seeking counseling through the counseling ministry.
Supervision provided by Kelly Wright, MA, LPC
Jules Lundberg
Counselor & Digital Media Admin
Jules Lundberg
Counselor & Digital Media Admin
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Julie, PLPC, graduated from CCU with her master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in December of 2022. Prior to that she interned at The Crossing and Coyote Hill, seeing individuals and couples using SFBT, IFS, CBT, Narrative Therapy, and The Gottman Method. After spending 10 years in the medical field as a Respiratory Therapist, staying home with her children, and studying the impact of trauma since 2012, Julie decided to pursue her dream of becoming a professional counselor. Her areas of interest include dynamics of stepfamilies, foster care, adoption, therapeutic parenting, health care crisis, grief counseling, PTSD from childhood trauma, and resiliency.
Supervision by Kelly Wright, LPC