Earlier this week, I posted a list of 12 Biblical Counseling Bloggers to Read in 2019. I affectionately called these “Mom and Pop Individual BC Bloggers.”
Yesterday, I posted 9 National (United States) Biblical Counseling Organizations to Follow.
Today, I’m highlighting International Biblical Counseling Organizations—those birthed outside the United States.
Biblical Counseling Australia (BCA): Karl Hood serves as BCA’s Executive Director. Their mission/vision:
Biblical Counseling Australia (BCA) is an Australian network of over 1,200 Christian pastors, chaplains, psychologists, university staff workers, women’s workers, kids’ workers, and more, pursuing biblical counselling and discipleship. These people come from 300 churches from multiple denominations. For more info, see our beliefs and approach to counselling.
Biblical Counseling Coalition of Mexico: Pastor Kike Torres is the Founder and President of BCC of Mexico. To learn more about Pastor Torres and BCCM view this video from the Biblical Counseling Coalition. The video introduction:
Pastor Kike Torres is lead pastor at Horizonte Querétaro as well as Founder and President of the Biblical Counseling Coalition in Mexico (consejero.org). In this interview Kike shares about his own testimony and introduction to biblical counseling as well as the exciting work God is doing through biblical counseling in Mexico and Latin America.
Biblical Counselling UK: Steve Midgley is the Executive Director of Biblical Counselling UK. Here’s the vision of BC UK:
Biblical Counselling UK is seeking to serve Christ by fostering and supporting church members, pastors and teachers who are passionate about the transforming work of Christ that is accomplished through the personal ministry of the Word.
Brazilian Association of Biblical Counselors (ABCB): Alexandre Sacha Mendes serves as the Director for Vision and Expansion for ABCB. To learn more about biblical counseling in Brazil, enjoy this interview with Pastor Mendes at the Biblical Counseling Coalition.
Canadian Biblical Counseling Coalition (CBCC): To learn more about CBCC, listen to this Biblical Counseling Coalition video interview with Nathan Penny. CBCC states their mission as follows:
- To promote excellence and unity in biblical counseling through effective discipleship, balanced and truthful application of biblical wisdom and compassionate and wise outreach for the hurting and lost.
- To serve churches and leaders through promoting the awareness and advancement of biblical counselling in Canada.
- To foster collaborative relationship among those practicing or interested in practicing biblical counselling in Canada.
- To promote biblical counselling resources.
International Biblical Counselling Resources: Anne Dryburgh, who ministers in Belgium, oversees this site. She is a biblical counselor, author, trainer, speaker, and a Council Board member of the Biblical Counseling Coalition. Anne was interviewed by the Biblical Counseling Coalition about A European Union of Biblical Counseling. Anne describes the purpose of her site as follows:
This site provides gospel-centered and Christ-centered resources for those in the church who are seeking to provide loving care for others.
Network for Biblical Soulcare (NBS) (Netzwerk für Biblische Seelsorge): Michael Leister directs NBS, which provides training in biblical counseling in German-speaking Europe such as Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. To learn more about NBS, read this Biblical Counseling interview with Michael: What’s New with Biblical Counseling in Germany?
Overseas Instruction in Counseling (OIC): Though OIC was started in the US, because of its international focus it deserves mention in this blog. Wayne Vanderwier serves as OIC’s Executive Director. OIC state’s their vision as follows:
The vision of Overseas Instruction in Counseling is to glorify God through the spiritual strengthening of believers and churches around the world. We exist to help the church provide biblical sufficiency-based soul care for believers that are struggling with the challenges of living in a fallen world among fallen people. Our training strengthens churches in their ministry of restoring broken believers to the grace of God.
Revenirale Evangile Counseling Biblique: RECB is a resource ministry for the French-speaking world. The resources include biblical counseling. Daniel Henderson and Timothy Davi oversee the site. They summarize their aim as follows:
During the Reformation, printing was the ideal tool for spreading the fire of evangelical renewal that led to the reform of churches around the world. Today, the printing press and its books continue to be a vital vector of reform, however we believe that social networks reach even more people than the printing press will ever allow. Our hope and our prayer through the creation of this blog is that the reform and its ideas can ignite social networks with a new fire so that all come back to the gospel. Let’s return to the gospel.
Strengthening Ministries Training Institute (South Africa/Wayne Mack): SMTI, led by Wayne Mack and ministering in South Africa, states their mission as follows:
Strengthening Ministries Training Institute (SMTI) was established in 2010 and exists to promote excellence in Biblical Counselling in the local church in South Africa by training and equipping pastors and other Christians in the theologically accurate and practical use of Scripture in understanding and solving the problems of people, and thus promoting growth in and usefulness for Christ in the Church and the world.
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