Sadly, I have been witness to a discouraging pattern in local churches as they handle cases involving abuse. It begins as church leaders are made aware of a situation in which a husband is acting abusively towards his wife, and it has been going on for quite some time. The abuse may include any or […]
How a Biblical Counseling Center Reinforces the Importance of the Local Church
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IBCD is a regional counseling training center. While our primary purpose is to equip church leaders to disciple and counsel, we also offer counseling for professing Christians in our area. One of the major challenges we face is that many of our counselees are not well connected to a local church. Some are irregular in […]
Numbering Our Days and Training Biblical Counselors
My wife and I recently made the hardest decision of our adult lives. After serving twenty-six years as the preaching pastor of our beloved Grace Bible Church, I have accepted a call to serve as the Director of the Christian Counseling program at Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) in Charlotte, North Carolina. What made the decision […]
8 Ways Biblical Counseling Centers Can Reinforce the Local Church
A Word from Your BCC Team: You’re reading the second of a four-part BCC Grace & Truth blog mini-series on equipping biblical counselors in the local church. Today, Jim Newheiser highlights how para-church biblical counseling can reinforce the importance of the local church. You can read Part One in this series, written by Andrew Rogers, […]