ABOUT US
Just as a beacon offers a warning, guidance and celebration, bēkn's mission is to warn of current and growing needs of seniors and families in the church, guide and equip our church families to care for one another and celebrate the years of our aging loved ones.
We work with church leadership to provide essential support for family caregivers and seniors by creating spaces for respite and renewal and facilitating meaningful conversations about wishes for the later years of life, illness or accident.
We empower churches to become centers of compassion and care. This ensures that both seniors and their caregivers are supported in every aspect of their journey.
Our mission is grounded in Scripture's call to honor our parents, care for the vulnerable, offer hospitality
and celebrate life.
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."
James 1:27
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"Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling."
1 Peter 4:9
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"Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life."
Proverbs 16:31
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"Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you."
Deuteronomy 5:16
OUR TEAM
Our leadership consists of a dynamic mix of visionaries, strategists, and communicators. They come together from various backgrounds and expertise, but all have one common ground...care for our aging population and support for their families in a way that honors the image of God in each one.
Kristina Twitty, MA
Founder & Director
Kristina is the founder of bēkn, equipping the local church to care well for aging seniors and their caregiving families. With training in bioethics and theology, and experience in public policy, nonprofit management & advocacy, she brings biblical depth and practical wisdom to complex caregiving conversations.
Kristina holds a Master’s in Bioethics from Trinity Graduate School (2020) and a certificate in Biblical and Theological Studies with an emphasis in bioethics from Covenant Theological Seminary (2008). Shaped by her own professional caregiving experiences, and personal involvement in the care of aging friends, she also founded Decision Care Advocates in 2020 to help families navigate ethical complexities in medical care. bēkn was born from this effort to support faith leaders and the faith community through complex decisions of life and death from beginning to end of life.
She enjoys being an aunt & lives in Chattanooga near her family with her rescue boxer, Ella.