“Catechism for Counsellors.”  

ISBN 978-966-651-607-0 

*A unique and valuable instructional tool for the Church... 

*Formulating 90 essential points for practical ministry 

*Offering believers a standard for discernment of errors 

*Promoting the “pattern of sound teaching” found in Scripture 

Catechism for Counsellors may be used as...

1. An instrument to assist leaders and teachers for memorizing 90 essential questions and (short) answers to help perpetual a sound system of practical theology in the sphere of soul care.
2. A teaching resource for the training of future pastors in seminaries and Bible colleges in the distinctive marks of counselling that is biblical.
3. A positional document to present in various settings for discussion of how biblical truth corrects various errors in practical personal ministry.
4. A document that a student or graduate of our program can present to sceptical or questioning leadership of churches or Christian organizations for discussion, study and evaluation of critical contemporary counselling positions in the light of Scripture.
5. A personal study resource on central counselling positions which, by the reference texts, glossary and supplementary sections, ushers the reader into Scripture itself as well as secondary commentaries and application of Scripture to practical life issues.
6. A forum for discussion among counselling approaches which differ from that expressed in Catechism.
7. A teaching resource for the training of leaders and laity throughout regional churches through workshops and lectures in the distinctive marks of counselling that is biblical.
8. A reference for the pastor and church leadership for combating various winds of doctrinal error in practical theology that assail the church.
9. A help to shepherds charged with the oversight of souls of the flock in their evaluation whether or not a potential counsellor in the Christian community will be a faithful extension of the pastor’s work of biblical pastoring.
10. To answer (with this substantial treatise) the charge that evangelical Christianity is simplistic, unsystematized and immature in the sphere of personal therapy.
11. A resource for pastors and counsellors to answer positional-doctrinal questions from members of their church or civic community.
12. A promotional tool to further the soul care ministry of our student or graduate student.
13. A resource for quoting in printed and electronic church communication about the church’s counselling) ministry.
14. A resource for quoting in church newspapers, counselling ministry reviews, media interviews and religious community announcements about future seminars, workshops or training in the ministry sphere of soul care.
15. A resource for promoting a future 3-year training program or intensive training practicum in the church’s immediate region.
16. A resource for quoting in regional or national publications to promote awareness of biblical soul care.
17. A learning tool for graduates to grow in discerning by designing continuing education discussion sessions which proceed systematically throughout the 90 Catechism points along with the its glossary.
18. A review tool for an individual involved in the soul care ministry, but who may be the sole practitioner of biblical soul care in his or her region.
19. A ten-minute a day educational tool for counselling teams that operate in local churches or in a para-church ministry.
20. A set of 90 shovels that help the reader dig into, understand and apply Scripture in the sphere of soul care.

Ron Harris
July 2010

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