Sound biblical and compassionate shepherd care are some of the blessings God has given his people in the person of pastors and teachers. We thank God with you that these resources are available as part of the ministry of Canyon Hills Community Church.
The biblical counsel you may receive is provided free of charge, except for the occasional nominal material costs, as an outreach ministry of Canyon Hills Community Church. The counsel is pastoral in nature, intended to provide you with sound biblical instruction and application to the issues of life. The counsel you receive is not intended to be professional mental health care or legal counsel. The counselor you speak with has not received specialized training in medicine, psychology, psychiatry, or law.
Canyon Hills Community Church will honor the principle of disclosure of information only on a “need-to-know” basis. It is the policy of Canyon Hills Community Church to report to appropriate persons and legal authorities: evidence of child abuse, evidence of elder or dependent adult abuse, threat of physical harm to another, threat of self-inflicted physical harm, and information which poses a threat of harm to the congregation and/or ministry of Canyon Hills Community Church.
At Canyon Hills Community Church, we are continually training others to be effective biblical counselors. Part of the training includes the opportunity to observe another counselor in actual counseling sessions. Because of this ministry model we ask that you agree to allow a person or couple who is in training to sit in on your counseling sessions for the purpose of prayer, training and observations.
In your request for biblical care counseling, Canyon Hills Community Church and you agree that any dispute arising out of the care relationship between you and Canyon Hills Community Church and any employee, agent, trainee or volunteer of Canyon Hills Community Church, the exclusive forum for resolving the dispute shall be the mediation and conciliation, and if necessary, arbitration services of a mutually agreed upon Christian mediator/arbitrator. Any resulting arbitration is mutually agreed to be binding on all parties. I have read, understood and agree to be bound by the above stated policies of Canyon Hills Community Church. In addition, I authorize release of information accordingly.