With all of these theories and ideas about what works in helping people overcome the issues of life, why would we choose to offer groups?
Below, we have listed five benefits of facing life’s struggles in a group context: Continue reading
Counseling
G4 Training Manual
One of the goals in launching G4 Recovery-Support Group Ministries at The Summit Church was to provide a high-quality peer-based recovery-support groups.
A secondary goal within our ministry structure was to create a ministry that could be replicated by us at the multiple Summit locations but also to create a system of groups that could be replicated by other churches regardless of size. Continue reading
Equipping Counselors for Your Church
Equipping Counselors for Your Church: The 4e Ministry Training Strategy
The best way to leave a legacy is to equip others to leave their own. 
Leaders want to change lives, and the best leaders know that a truly effective ministry must train its members to become leaders themselves. After all, God’s people want to change lives too—but we are all tired of approaches that promise much and deliver little. We are ready for an equipping ministry that is comprehensive, easy to implement, and relationship-oriented; not program-focused.
The 4E Ministry Training Strategy, tested in hundreds of churches already, is a best- Continue reading
Side by Side
Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love
Practical Guidance for Loving Others Well
Everyone needs help from time to time, especially in the midst of painful circumstances
and difficult trials. In this short book, a highly respected biblical counselor and successful author offers practical guidance for all Christians—pastors and laypeople alike—who want to develop their “helping skills” when it comes to walking alongside hurting people.
Developments in Biblical Counseling
Developments in Biblical Counseling
Are you looking for a brief introduction to what the biblical counseling movement is 
and how it has changed over the years? In Developments in Biblical Counseling, J. Cameron Fraser turns a journalistic eye to this question and presents a concise assessment. Introducing us to the formative work of Jay Adams, Fraser outlines several themes of biblical counseling that became foundational for the movement as a whole and observes how the movement received criticisms from outside and made necessary developments from within. Continue reading
John H. Chapman 