
Counseling in the Church
Counseling in the Church
Five Advantages of Church-Based Counseling
by Deepak Reju
Counseling and Discipleship
by Deepak Reju
Why Every Pastor-in-Training Should Read Ed’s Book
with Michael Lawrence
Twenty Ways to Cultivate a Culture of Counseling
by Deepak Reju
Learn from the Counseling Pros at CCEF
Looking at the Past and Present of Counseling
with David Powlison
Cultivating a Culture of Counseling and Discipleship
with Tim Lane
Sorting out the Spiritual and the Physical in Counseling
with Michael Emlet
Premarital Counseling, Pornography, and Marriage
with Winston Smith
What Should Pastors Do with Fear, Medication, Addiction
with Ed Welch
Editor’s Note:
We know counseling ain’t easy. Polls show that most pastors prefer the pulpit to the counselor’s chair. Not only are the problems people bring intractably complex and heart-rending, they consume vast quantities of time.
Yet we hope this issue of the 9Marks eJournal will do two things for you, pastor: encourage you to look for ways to bring counseling into your local church, and introduce you to an incredible resource, the individuals and materials at the Christian Counseling & Education Foundation (CCEF). Both parts of CCEF’s vision statement nail it on the head: “Restoring Christ to counseling and counseling to the church.” Is your counseling Christ-centered or moralistic? And how are you cultivating a culture of counseling and discipleship in your church?
Browse the CCEF website to learn more about their materials and courses. But learn below about CCEF’s counselors, and get their take on important topics in counseling today. We also asked Pastor Michael Lawrence why every pastoral intern he oversees reads one particular CCEF book.
Pastor Deepak Reju gets the ball rolling by considering the advantages of bringing counseling back into the local church and by situating counseling under the larger umbrella of discipleship.
—Jonathan Leeman
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