Dr. Maggie Russell specializes in teaching marriage and lay counseling ministry approaches to churches. She also provides relationship skills to couples so they have tools to work on their marriage. Maggie has been referred to as the “marriage whisperer” by her pastor because of her ability to see through the smoke screens and get to the cause of the fires in marriages and families.
Maggie was awarded the “2007 Texas Marriage Milestone Award” in Texas for her work in institutionalizing marriage education in the premarital process in Texas. The results of her efforts in 2007 became known as Twogether in Texas!
Maggie has 20+ years of experience in successfully coaching marriages out of the rocky waves into smooth waters. She believes every family is important. The history of her own parents’ divorce is what gives her a passion and perspective of being the “Hope-Bearer” for couples in trouble.
Maggie established Northside Family Ministries counseling center in 2003. She trained volunteers to provide lay counseling and ministry in all areas of family needs through 2007. She was the director of Biblical Guidance Counseling at her home church in Conroe for 3 years (2014-2017). She trained and certified all the lay volunteers to provide viable counseling to the members and the community.
Maggie & Warren have been married since 1986 and live in N. Walker County, TX, were they enjoy visits from their 2 adult children and 2 grandsons.