The burden to counsel well can lie heavy on our minds and hearts. No one knows that better than Pastor Tim Pasma.

He understands your world as Tim is the Senior Pastor of about 130 people at LaRue Baptist Church in LaRue, OH. Tim is also an ACBC Fellow and Board Member, author, and speaker.

In this episode, you’ll hear some of the areas counselors are most likely to make mistakes, the key difference between teaching and counseling, encouragement for those worried about making a mistake in counseling, and much more.

Listen in! Show Notes: bcmnational.org/tim-pasma-51

Have you ever wondered what happens when you send your people to a three-day intensive? What did they learn? Was it true to Scripture? How can you build on what they achieved there?

This is the topic we are covering today, along with Ben and Ailey Holman, and Kris and Amanda Mettlemen, who recently attended a retreat at Twelve Stones. These four are close friends, and they also share a counselee and counsel advocate couple relationship.

In this episode, you’ll learn what is involved in a retreat, what an advocate couple is, how churches can effectively use partnership ministries, and much more.

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Show Notes: bcmnational.org/advocate-couple-50

As pastors, we recognize our sacred calling to teach and preach God’s Word to our flock. But one of the questions we’ve been pondering is that of our call to counsel and care for them as well.

How does or should the care of souls within the local church impact our preaching? Does the dual focus on counseling and teaching have an impact, positive or negative, on either role? Can you only effectively be one or the other?

I am delighted to introduce you to a guest who has the answers to all these questions and more. Scott Gnuse is the teaching and leadership pastor at New Castle Bible Church in Mackinaw, IL.

In this episode, Scott shares how these two roles affect each other, why we should be careful not to neglect the ministry of prayer, our responsibility to genuinely care for people, and much more.

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Show Notes: bcmnational.org/scott-gnuse-49