Biblical Counseling

Biblical Counseling

Proverbs 15:22, says that "Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed." The bible warns against the counsel of the wicked (Psalm 1:1) and encourages Christians to seek Godly counsel (Psalm 73:24). We believe that the Bible is in truth God's Word (John 17:17) and that it meets the deeps needs that we all face (2 Peter 1:3-7). At Cheyenne Berean we recognize several types of Biblical counseling depending upon the nature and severity of the counseling need. Some counseling will require pastoral involvement, while much will not. Actually there are times when a lay counselor can share the same advice but with greater impact. The following are some areas of counseling.

Preaching
Many times the preaching ministry meets very significant spiritual and temporal counseling needs.

Focus Groups
During these gatherings personal, family, and job concerns are shared and much lay shepherding and counseling is implemented.

Mentoring and Discipleship

This is the pairing of a Christian with another Christian who has walked further down the Christian path who can offer practical guidance in growing in the "grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 3:18). 

Marriage Counseling Assistants
There are numerous people who take part in pre-marital and marriage counseling at CBC. They each take a specific area and spend an evening with the counselees.  

Baptismal Counseling
A pastor spends from 30-60 minutes with the baptismal candidate. 

Pastoral Wisdom Counseling
This is usually a onetime counseling session that is typically focused on the personal growth of someone who has a desire to know Christ in a deeper way and usually involves some aspect of knowing the will of God through the application of specific Bible truths.

Pastoral Crisis Counseling
This is usually a series of sessions concerning a singular issue such as death, marriage conflict, divorce, a negative habit, etc.

Professional Christian Counseling
Some issues are of such a nature that it is best to transfer the counselee to a Christian professional. Pastors at CBC make a distinction between pastoral and professional counseling. Counseling Issues that extended beyond four sessions are often referred to a trusted Christian counselor who has a biblical basis for their counseling.
 

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