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In this article, David Powlison interviews Steve Viars, the pastor of a church that self-consciously seeks to show how the Lord&#8217;s people operate as a counseling community. Viars pastors Faith Baptist Church and seeks to integrate all of its ministries around a vision for transforming lives by the grace of Christ. Viars discusses how they actively link Sunday sermons with Monday counseling sessions, with small group life and with outreach to the community.

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.

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