I didn’t know George “Skip” Scipione for a long time, but he really did feel like a life-long friend. That’s just how George was; hospitable, thoughtful, and kind hearted. If you were fortunate to spend any time with George and his wife, Eileen, you know what I mean. Just to be in their presence was to experience self-less, sacrificial love.
I’ve had the privilege of working with a ministry that has George’s fingerprints all over it. The Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship exists because of George’s faithful vision. His passion for both the Lord and the Word brought this ministry to life. Today, his influence is widespread. Solid, biblical counseling instruction reverberates through the halls of hundreds of churches. Thousands of lives have been impacted by IBCD’s training.
George began what was first known as CCEF West in the early 1980’s. And, though he handed off his executive director hat to the competent leadership of Jim Newheiser in 2006, George remained involved all of the past fourteen years. I always knew there would be a thoughtful idea or gentle correction whenever I saw his greeting in my email inbox; “Dearest Loved Ones…”
George spoke at IBCD Training Institutes every
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