Called to Counsel
On Facebook and X/Twitter, I put out this call:
Did you attend the ABC Called to Counsel Conference? Would you like to share a public testimony that I could post at RPM Ministries?
I received eight responses, and over the past few weeks I posted an 8-part blog mini-series of guests posts by biblical counselors who attended the 2025 Association of Biblical Counselors (ABC) Called to Counsel Conference.
For a free PDF 21-page PDF version of all eight post, go here: The 2025 ABC Called to Counsel Conference: Eight Testimonies.
Eight Testimonies
Here are links to the eight guest posts. Each link includes the guest author’s name, the title of their post, and a quote collated from the guest author’s testimony.
- Tim Allchin: Similarities and Differences Between the ABC and the ACBC Conferences. “Both ACB and ACBC are committed to the sufficiency of Scripture and the centrality of Christ in counseling.”
- Sarah Puebla: The 2025 ABC Called to Counsel Conference: Christ-Centered Truth for Life. “The ABC conference dove into the deep water of theology and Christ-centered teaching that builds us up—taking biblical truths and applying them to our lives and ministries.”
- Rusty Dawson: The 2025 ABC Called to Counsel Conference: Speaking the Truth in Love. “All the ABC speakers were deeply rooted in their biblical texts, revealing scriptural truths that are essential for both counselors and their counselees to grasp.”
- Brooke Shepherd: The 2025 ABC Called to Counsel Conference: Grace and Truth. “I was equipped to remain firm in biblical conviction and to share God’s truth graciously with counselees.”
- Dan Brewer: The 2025 ACBC Called to Counseling Conference: What Is All the Fuss About? “As I listened to how the ABC speakers presented their material and interacted with God’s Word, I had to remind myself I’m not at an ACBC conference.”
- Chris Moles: The 2025 ABC Called to Counsel Conference: What Is Unique About ABC? “At the ABC Conference, we have this wonderful Christ-centered worship service (the plenary sessions). Then we go back to our biblical learning environments—the tracks. This combination is really unique in some ways to our movement and just a huge blessing.”
- Kaitlin Niles: The 2025 ABC Called to Counsel Conference: The Transforming Power of Christ. “The ABC Theme was clear and consistent: ‘Our counselee’s only hope is found and anchored in Christ, no matter what diagnosis they face.’”
- Kïrsten Christianson: The 2025 ABC Called to Counsel Conference: Let the Word of Christ Dwell in You Richly. “The ABC Conference provides rich theological application to the counselor’s life, for the good of our counselees, to the glory of God.”
