PARTNERSHIPS
CBL partners with local churches and church networks, church planting organizations, mission agencies, seminaries, and other Christian organizations to provide in-person and virtual counseling services (link to services page) to vocational ministers of the gospel.
Church Partnerships
Church partnerships are for churches or church networks who want to provide their pastors and church staff with access to CBL counseling and/or mentoring services. This can be proactive care for pastors or staff or who would benefit from support and encouragement or it can be biblical counseling for staff who are struggling under the weight of suffering and sin. CBL also offers sabbatical counseling and assessment packages to provide care, direction, and refreshment to pastors during their sabbaticals.
Another tool CBL provides is a ministry assessment package where ministers fill out an extensive evaluation to assess their life, relationships, and ministry and then have follow up sessions with an experienced biblical counselor. An assessment report can be sent to the church or church network. These assessments serve as wonderful tools to help ministers grow as well as enable the church or network to better understand how to care for their ministers.
Ministry Partnerships
Ministry partners provide their ministers with access to CBL counseling and/or mentoring services. This can be proactive care for new staff or those who would benefit from support and encouragement or it can be biblical counseling for staff who are struggling under the weight of suffering and sin.
CBL also provides a ministry assessment package where ministers fill out an extensive evaluation to assess their life, relationships, and ministry and then have follow up sessions with an experienced biblical counselor. An assessment report can be sent to the ministry partner. These assessments serve as wonderful tools to help ministers grow as well as enable the partner organization to better understand how to care for their ministers.
Missions Partnerships
Mission partnerships are for missions agencies who want to provide their missionaries with access to CBL counseling and/or mentoring services. This can be proactive care for missionaries who would benefit from support and encouragement or it can be biblical counseling for those who are struggling under the weight of suffering and sin. CBL provides counseling for new missionaries and those leaving the field, to help them process, adjust, and prepare for their new season. Further, CBL offers counseling and assessment packages to provide care, direction, and refreshment to missionaries on furlough.
Another tool CBL provides is a ministry assessment package where missionaries fill out an extensive evaluation to assess their life, relationships, and ministry and then have follow up sessions with an experienced biblical counselor. An assessment report can be sent to the mission organization. These assessments serve as wonderful tools to help missionaries grow as well as enable the mission organization to better understand how to care for their missionaries.
Seminary Partnerships
While studying the Word of God and preparing for vocational ministry, we often need help living it daily. CBL sees seminary partnerships as a strategic opportunity to help pastors and missionaries before they begin their ministry. By providing proactive counsel and care to future ministers who are struggling in their faith, personal life, ministry training, and relationships, we seek to help them avoid future ministry pitfalls. By God’s grace, helping ministers and ministry marriages mature before sending pastors and missionaries into the field serves the church by strengthening its future leaders.
Current Seminary Partnerships:
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) is a Baptist seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Its motto is Trained in Truth. Trusted for Truth. Southern Seminary offers gospel-centered, theologically-grounded training for ministry. CBL is pleased to partner with SBTS by providing biblical counseling and mentoring as a part of SBTS’s Student Care services.
“I have worked closely with CBL staff members for many years and have seen for myself the rich fruit of their counsel and care for hurting people. They understand the complexities of brokenness as well as the depth of wisdom found in Scripture. You will find reliable guidance from the Center for Biblical Living.
The Center for Biblical Living will not give you simplistic answers to complex problems. Their counselors will seek to understand those complexities in order to offer wisdom from Scripture that is both relevant and deep. I have witnessed the good they’ve done in many people’s lives. “
Financial Partnerships
The Center for Biblical Living serves the local church in partnership with other ministries to bring as many resources to churches, missions organizations, and seminaries as possible. Together we can assist pastors, church staff, and missionaries to faithfully fulfill their calling and to be strong in their own faith journey.
MINISTRY PARTNERS:
FINANCIAL
Ministry financial partners support other small churches and ministries by enabling The Center for Biblical Living to provide biblical counseling and enrichment care to missionaries, pastors, and other Christian organization leaders who have limited resources for counseling and care.
International Extension
Partners- $20,000 or more annual support
- Provides for CBL to serve smaller churches, church plants, missionaries, and small ministries
- Listed on CBL’s website as a ministry partner
- Ministry’s staff receive up to 40 free counseling sessions with CBL
National Extension
Partners- $12,000 or more annual support
- Provides for CBL to serve smaller churches, church plants, missionaries, and small ministries
- Listed on CBL’s website as a ministry partner
- Ministry’s staff receive up to 25 free counseling sessions with CBL
Regional Extension
Partners- $5,000 or more annual support
- Provides for CBL to serve smaller churches, church plants, missionaries, and small ministries
- Listed on CBL’s website as a ministry partner
- Ministry’s staff receive up to 10 free counseling sessions with CBL
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