FELLOWSHIP BIBLE CHURCH
CONSENT TO COUNSEL
Our Goal: Our goal in providing Biblical Counseling is to help you meet the challenges of life in a way that will please and honor the Lord Jesus Christ, while listening , empathizing, and applying the gospel to sin, situations, and life stories of shame and hurt.
Biblical Basis: We believe that the Bible provides thorough guidance and instruction for faith and life. Therefore, our counseling is based on scriptural principles rather than those of secular psychology, psychiatry or mental health professionals, nor should they be expected to follow the methods of such specialists.
Not Professional Advice: Some of our counselors may work in professional fields outside the church. When serving as counselors within this church, however, they do not provide the same kind of professional advice and services that they do when they are hired in their professional capabilities. Therefore, if you have significant legal, financial, medical, or other technical questions, you should seek advice from an independent professional. Our pastoral and lay counselors will be happy to cooperate with such advisors and help you consider their counsel in light of relevant scriptural principles.
Confidentiality: Confidentiality is an important aspect of the counseling process, and we will carefully guard the information you entrust to us. There are four situations, however, when it may be necessary for us to disclose certain information with others: when a counselor is uncertain of how to address a particular situation and needs to seek advice from another pastor/counselor; when a counselee attends another church, and it is necessary to talk to his or her pastor/counselor; when there is a clear indication that someone may be harmed unless others intervene; or when a person persistently refuses to renounce a particular sin and it becomes necessary to seek the assistance of others to encourage repentance and reconciliation (Proverbs 15:22; 24;11; Matthew 18:15-20). Please be assured that our counselors strongly prefer not to disclose any personal information with others, and they will make every effort to help you find ways to resolve a problem as privately as possible.