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Cultural Onboarding

The Four Building Blocks of CCEF

Our building blocks describe our path forward—the way we order our priorities most strategically in order to fulfill our mission. We cannot restore Christ to counseling and counseling to the church without prioritizing the following four elements.

1

Remaining Connected to Christ

We must remain rooted in Christ—personally, corporately, and doctrinally.

2

Breaking New Ground

We aim to create faithful, fresh, and timely resources that go wider and deeper into the treasures of Scripture and the troubles of life.

3

Equipping People

Our ministry must include hands-on feedback and training that effectively equips God's people to grow in counseling.

4

Making a Critical Contribution to the Church

We want to make everything we do as accessible as possible to churches, designed for the benefit of churches, and with the goal of strengthening local churches around the world.

Foundational Articles

1

David powlison

Suffering & Psalm 119

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2

ed welch

Motives: Why Do I Do the Things I Do?

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3

David Powlison

X-ray Questions: Drawing Out the Whys & Wherefores of Human Behavior

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4

Mike Emlet

Understanding the Influences on the Human Heart

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5

David Powlison

Idols of the Heart & Vanity Fair

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6

David Powlison

Familial Counseling: The Paradigm for Counselor-Counselee Relationships in 1 Thessalonians 5

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7

Alasdair Groves

How Do You Counsel Non-Christians?

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8

David powlison

The Pastor as Counselor

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9

david Powlison

Think Globally, Act Locally

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10

Alasdair Groves

The Field before Us

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11

David powlison

The Sufficiency of Scripture to Diagnose & Cure Souls

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12

Ed Welch

A Discussion Among Clergy: Pastoral Counseling Talks with Secular Psychology

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13

David Powlison

Affirmations & Denials: A Proposed Definition of Biblical Counseling

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14

David powlison

Innocent Pleasures

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15

David Powlison

Extra Credit: Cure of Souls (& the Modern Psychotherapies)

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2024 National Conference Audio

2023 National Conference Audio

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