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BRCC seeks to be a help and support to those doing church-based ministry, and especially pastoral and lay counselors who often serve on the front lines of bringing the Word of God into the problems of life. Earlier this year we launched our first distance consultation...

This time of uncertainty and increased isolation is ripe with temptation. But it is also a time ripe for growth.

The current coronavirus pandemic has made many of our normal routines anything but normal. The children are doing schoolwork at home, and in addition to not having enough toilet paper (or perhaps having too much?), no doubt you’ve encountered some unexpected parenting...

For many of us, the novel coronavirus pandemic has brought significant anxiety. Some handle it well, and are taking advantage of some wonderful family time, togetherness, or getting caught up on things around the home. But sadly, for others, it can increase fear and...

Christine Chappell has posted on the Hope and Help podcast an interview at this link with our director, Michael Gembola, on After an Affair: Pursuing Restoration.

Pastoral Care for Infidelity Handout Dec 4 2019 (1) Other resources: Brad Hambrick on marks of change, reasons to bring church discipline to an end: http://bradhambrick.com/churchdiscipline4/ Restoration plan dynamics, e.g., with Ted Haggard: The restoration plan...

There’s a church not far from our Roanoke office that, from one vantage point, looks like it’s tucked at the bottom of Bent Mountain, and heading down 221 South it looks like a painting. I can’t get a picture that comes close to capturing it. Sometimes I drive out of...

In the previous post in this series, we explored how parents sometimes struggle with the power they possess in relating to their children on the topics of dating, sex, and marriage. Now we’ll look at a third challenge raised in Joshua Harris’ reflections in the two...