Why You’ll Want to Read Equipping Biblical Counselors

My latest and perhaps final book is:

Equipping Biblical Counselors: A Guide to Discipling Believers for One-Another Ministry. 

Here’s why you’ll want to read and apply Equipping Biblical Counselors:

You’re passionate about equipping God’s people for every-member-ministry as biblical counselors, small group leaders, spiritual friends, mentors, and one-another ministers. However, you’re tired of seeing great effort expended on “programs” that don’t launch, don’t last, or don’t result in leaving a legacy of loving leaders. So am I.

That’s why Equipping Biblical Counselors teaches you a biblical, field-tested, best-practice approach to equipping God’s people for biblical counseling using the “4E” ministry training strategy of envisioning, enlisting, equipping, and empowering godly ministers for ministry.

What You’ll Learn

Learn 4 best practices for equipping one-another ministers and biblical counselors to bring Christ’s healing hope to your church and community.

After reading and applying Equipping Biblical Counselors, you will be able to:

1. Envision God’s Ministry: Jointly create mission, vision, passion, and commission (MVP-C) statements that nourish the compassion, conviction, and connection needed to launch flourishing biblical counseling ministries.
2. Enlist God’s Ministers for Ministry: Mobilize ministers by nurturing a family and building a team prepared for change, skilled in conflict resolution, and connected to the MVP-C Statement.
3. Equip Godly Ministers for Ministry: Apply transformational training strategies that comprehensively address the “4Cs” of biblical content, Christ-like character, relational competence, and Christian community.
4. Empower Godly Ministers for Ministry: Oversee the ongoing “organizing of the organism” by leading ministries that are built to last, that grow from good to great, and that leave a legacy of loving leaders.

16 Free Resources

All of the appendix materials from this book are offered free of charge as Word documents so that you can adapt and adopt them to suit your ministry needs. Download them here:

https://rpmministries.org/ebc-resources/

Or, go directly to each free Appendix resource here:

• Appendix 2.1: Congregational SWORD Heart Exam
• Appendix 3.1: A Church-Wide MVP-C Statement
• Appendix 3.2: A Biblical Counseling Ministry-Specific MVP-C Statement
• Appendix 3.3: An Elder Ministry Team MVP-C Statement
• Appendix 4.1: A Personal Ministry MVP-C Statement
• Appendix 4.2: A Sample Discussion Guide: Discovering Our Biblical Counseling Mission
• Appendix 4.3: A LEAD Biblical Counseling MVP-C Statement
• Appendix 4.4: Vision-catching Probes
• Appendix 5.1: A Formal Congregational Vote
• Appendix 6.1: LEAD Information Packet
• Appendix 7.1: Biblical Counseling 4C Equipping Goals
• Appendix 10.1: LEAD Biblical Counseling Trainee Assessments
• Appendix 10.2: LEAD Sample Lesson Objectives and Lesson Outline
• Appendix 11.1: LEAD Ministry Policy and Procedure Manual
• Appendix 11.2: LEAD Biblical Counseling Ministry Evaluation Form
• Appendix 12.1: Church Discipline Policy