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Equipping Counselors forYour Church
Want to Change Lives?
Robert W. Kellemen, Ph.D.www.rpmministries.org
Equipping Godly Ministers for MinistryPreparing for the Race
Imagine you were forwarding your résumé to the Divine Counselor. What items would you highlight to demonstrate your qualifications to be a biblical counselor?
Where We’re Headed in Lap Three
So what do we do with these folks??? What’s our goal? How do we get there? What does an equipped BC look like?
Where We’re Headed in Lap Three
Develop comprehensive four-dimensional training goals and objectives…
Map out focused curriculum and materials... Apply transformational training strategies and
methods…
The Big Picture
Vince Lombardi… “Gentlemen, this is a football!” Me: My First Day… A boy in his Dad’s over-sized suit.
Running the Race: For Discussion and Application
As you think about equipping biblical counselors, what fears, doubts, and discouragement do you feel? How are you handling these feelings and thoughts?
The Apostle Paul and theOrdinary, Average Christian in Rome
Romans 15:14 “I myself am convinced,
my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness,
complete in knowledge,and competent to instruct
one another.”
The Apostle Paul and theOrdinary, Average Christian in Rome
The Sufficiency of Christianity And the Survey Says…
Running the Race: For Discussion and Application
How confident are you that God’s people can be equipped? Basis? Increase? That God has equipped you to be a competent equipper? Further?
The “4Cs” of Biblical Counseling Equipping
Character: “Full of Goodness” Content: “Complete in Knowledge” Competence: “Competent to Instruct” Community: “Brothers”/“One Another”
Biblical Content/Conviction
What Paul Means: Truth/Life and Scripture/Soul: Philippians 1:9; 1 Thess. 2:8; Eph. 4:15 What It Looks Like
Running the Race: For Discussion and Application
If one of the 4Cs de-emphasized? Over-emphasized? Omitted?Which 4C: Emphasize/Deemphasize? Trained? Best prepared to equip? Least prepared?
Mapping Our Curriculum and Materials
One Man’s Answers Core Proficiencies Two Dozen Best Practice Answers
Running the Race: For Discussion and Application
In your 4C training, what content, competence, character, and community do you want your trainees to develop?
God’s Word: Where Do I Find Truth?
How do my trainees need to view and use God’s Word in order to speak Gospel truth in love? Sufficiency/Necessity of Scripture Purpose/Nature of Scripture Relevance/Richness of Scripture
The Trinity: Who Is God? Know Him?
How can I help my trainees to know the Soul Physician personally in order to be a soul physician? The Trinity: Our Relational Model God’s Holy Love Spiritual Warfare
Creation: Who Am I?
How do my trainees need to view people in order to know, love, and minister to them God’s way? Pursue God’s Target: Imago Dei Understanding People Comprehensively: RRVEP
Fall: What Went Wrong?
How do my trainees need to view suffering and sin in order to counsel people with compassion and discernment? Biblical Sufferology Diagnosing Sin Biblically: RRVE
Redemption: How Does God Change People?
What comprehensive understanding of salvation do my trainees need in order to counsel people toward prog. sanc.? Our Complete Salvation: JRRR Progressive Sanctification: Reflect Christ Role of Church
Consummation: How Does Our FutureDestiny Impact Our Present Reality?
How could reading the end of the story impact how my trainees live and counsel? The Big Picture: The End of the Story Eternity Motivates Us Today…
Running the Race:For Discussion and Application
Of the 6 ultimate life questions, surprise? Have taught? Have not taught? Not include? Add?
Our GPS: Suffering and Sinning
“Pastoral care is defective unless it can deal thoroughly both with
the evils we have suffered and
with the sins we have committed.”
Our Soul Care GPS: Sustaining and Healing For Suffering
Sustaining: “It’s Normal to Hurt”—Empathize (Romans 12:15) Healing: “It’s Possible to Hope”—Encourage (Genesis 50:20)
Our Spiritual Direction GPS: Reconciling and Guiding for Sinning
Reconciling: “It’s Horrible to Sin, but Wonderful to Be Forgiven”—Enlighten (Romans 5:20) Guiding: “It’s Supernatural to Mature”—Empower (Philippians 3:10)
Running the Race:For Discussion and Application
Of the 4 counseling competencies, surprise? Equipped people for? Not equipped people for? Not include? Add?
Running the Race:For Discussion and Application
Before this chapter, what was your definition of spiritual maturity? Measure? Goal? Now…different? What is the ultimate goal of biblical counseling?
Christlike Character:Four Marks of Christlike Character
We want ourselves, our trainees, and their counselees all moving toward these Christ-like characteristics? Spiritual formation—formation into the likeness of Christ RRVE—is the goal of BC. Whether the issue has a “solution” this side of heaven, there is always a SOUL-u- tion—WWJ R-R-V-E?
Christian Community:Two Kinds of Christian Community
Ephesians 3:17-19 Community Colossians 3:1-17 Community Hebrews 3:9-17 Community Hebrews 10:19-25 Community
Running the Race:For Discussion and Application
Of the two kinds of Christian community, which one surprises? Focused on? Not focused on? Include? Add?
Transformational Training Strategies and Methods
Transformational Student-Oriented Teaching Training Transformational Small-Group Lab- Oriented Training
Running the Race:For Discussion and Application
Of the 5 elements of transformational teaching, most important? Strength? Work on? (Book pages 259-264) Regarding transformational labs, surprised? Similar/dissimilar? Incorporate?
Running the Race:For Discussion and Application
How have the three-fold relationships impacted your life? How could you use each in your equipping?
Running the Race:For Discussion and Application
How surprised are you at the typical duration? How would your congregation respond? Prepare them?In your church, what duration do you think is important?