Overview
The Biblical Counseling Institute Overview
The Biblical Counseling Institute (BCI) is an educational ministry that exists to train pastors, vocational ministers, lay leaders, and professional counselors in the process of biblical care and discipleship. We believe God’s Word is fully sufficient for the counseling task and vastly superior secular methods of support. The apostle Paul wrote:
“All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.” (2 Tim. 3:16-17).
Therefore, any position of support, counsel, training, discipline, or teaching should be grounded in the inspired Word of God. We believe the Scriptures provide a template that defines normal and abnormal behavior. Humans operate and function at their optimum when they are aligned with God’s principles of order and structure. Anything outside His order places one in discord with the Holy Spirit and will produce spiritual, functional, and relational consequences.
It is impossible to counsel someone into “healthy alignment” when using the template of the world. As a result, the biblical counselor must become intimately knowledgeable and responsive to God’s Word and the leading of the Holy Spirit if he/she is to be effective in the delivery of Godly care.
Vision
The Vision of The Biblical Counseling Institute is to return God’s Word to the center of any setting where counseling, teaching, and discipleship occurs. We want to help the Church reclaim this all-important spiritual territory, embracing its responsibility to restore the fallen (Gal. 6:1-2) and evangelize the lost (Matt. 28:19-20). Rather than refer hurting individuals and families to secular resources, we hope to see the Church return as the primary source of counseling and teaching for its community.
Mission
Our Mission is to train a growing number of people each year to rightly apply God’s Word in all counseling settings. (Deut. 6:6-8) The Biblical Counseling Institute will certify counselors, equip leaders and teachers, and assist churches in building counseling ministries to reach their respective communities with the message of Biblical sufficiency. The Biblical Counseling Institute will provide essential counseling services offered by a network of Biblical Counseling Institute-approved counselors to those seeking assistance.