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As we celebrate our 50th anniversary, CCEF’s executive director David Powlison reflects on our wonderful mission and how it has developed over time. Biblical counseling was a mustard seed in 1968 when CCEF was founded. Based on the premise that counseling should be systematically biblical, that seed has taken root and grown into a flourishing vision for the one-another ministries of counseling and pastoral care.

David Powlison served as CCEF’s executive director (2014-2019), a faculty member, and senior editor of the Journal of Biblical Counseling. He held a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and an MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary. David wrote extensively on biblical counseling and on the relationship between faith and psychology. His books Seeing with New Eyes and Speaking Truth in Love probe the implications of Scripture for how to understand people and how to counsel. The Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context explores the background and development of CCEF’s mission. David is survived by his wife Nan, their three children and spouses, and seven grandchildren.

Let’s Celebrate This Golden Anniversary

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Let’s Celebrate This Golden Anniversary

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