As many churches wrestled with the post-pandemic restart of their church, many looked forward with anticipation of the ministry opportunities ahead. We experienced a resurgence of churches interested in pivoting from an emphasis on the platform-based ministry to a more balanced approach that preaches the word publicly AND shepherds the word personally. Someone asked me the other day if the past … Read More
How Counseling Helps Churches Embrace a Missional Mindset
One of the major blessings of biblical counseling is that it naturally brings a missional mindset. I love that. Strong churches are not content to allow those around them to hurt without seeking to compassionately care. I was training at one of our Launch partners in Long Island, NY and was thrilled to hear about their new plans to engage their community. … Read More
Create Your Own Small Group Counseling Training: Five Advantages
You can train online by yourself, or you can join a large group training in an auditorium with hundreds of others, but they both fail to provide some key benefits. At BCC, we’ve found that biblical counseling training is most effective when you train with small groups. In fact, we often recommend to pastors, churches, and individuals that one of … Read More
A Plan for Better Discipleship
A pastor at one of our Launch partnership churches, Michael Wallenmeyer, recently shared a quote he picked up at a conference, “If the disciples we are making, aren’t making disciples, are we making disciple of Jesus?” This mission is at the core of why we train churches to biblically counsel, or as we often call it “intensified, personalized discipleship.” Does … Read More
Four Disadvantages of Outsourcing Counseling
In my seminary’s counseling class, professors challenged the pastoral training class to find a good counselor or psychologist and outsource the vast majority of their counseling once they became pastors. The professors explained that the risks, frustrations, and relational pitfalls of counseling people would far outweigh the benefits that a pastor devoted to counseling might see. For many in the class, … Read More
Four Realistic Goals for a Church’s First Year of Embracing Biblical Counseling
I recently talked with several churches that had taken groups to week-long biblical counseling training conferences or purchased curriculum to develop a training process. Unfortunately, they are frustrated because they have little to show for their efforts. They received valuable teaching that they wanted to implement in their church, but they seem no closer to developing a biblical counseling strategy. … Read More
Celebrate 2017 with BCC!
As 2017 winds down, I want to say “thank you” and ask you to celebrate with BCC. This year, God brought restoration to many people and nenewed our purpose as a counseling and training center. We are asking you to consider a year-end, tax-deductible donation. Click here to donate online. (If you prefer mail, send your donaton to Biblical Counseling … Read More
DOCTORATE! Introducing Dr. Timothy Allchin
Some roads to a doctorate are smooth and easy, other roads are paved with more potholes and hardship. I thought earning the Doctor of Ministry would be the former, but it turned out to more of the latter – and I am okay with that. The goal in a doctoral program is to finish, and last weekend, I was able … Read More
1st Annual Chicago Biblical Counseling Conference
Restore Hope–this is the theme of the 1st Annual Chicago Biblical Counseling Conference on April 29. Hosted by Biblical Counseling Center, this biblical counseling conference equips and encourages attendees to restore hope to the hurting in your church and community. The conference is geared toward all church leaders, from pastors and care ministers, to Sunday school teachers and small group … Read More
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