The Equipped Lay Counselor is an online program with a unique approach to becoming involved as a recognized mentor or lay counselor. It involves many weeks of lessons in addition to a Support Community here on Facebook in addition to a weekly zoom call. I am available in the Support Community on a daily basis to answer questions and participants move along in the course and get the first experience as lay counselors. I am a professional counselor with my own practice, Path of Hope, PLLC. I am an ordained minister with decades of ministry experience both as a co lead pastor and a Bible School program director. I am the author of Enjoying the Journey of Transformation, a book that captures the essence of how to grow and experience lasting transformation as a believer. My passion has always been to see people established in the love of God so they can find a safe place of acceptance to deal with difficult issues. Over the years I have developed a modality that is based on redemptive truths, biblical wisdom along with solid counseling principles. I see a desperate need in the Body of Christ all over the world for people who are truly equipped to support people dealing with marriage and family issues or those who are struggling with mental health issues. I believe that when pastors, pastoral staff, lay counselors and mental health professionals all work together, we can begin to see a new level of maturity in our congregations. Jesus longs for us to live stable, peace-filled, grace-filled lives an grow up in maturity in Him. Will you be a part of this movement? Will you become an equipped lay counselor?
