{"id":32846,"date":"2021-04-09T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=32846"},"modified":"2021-04-09T11:51:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T16:51:12","slug":"me-equip-other-biblical-counselors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=32846","title":{"rendered":"Me? Equip Other Biblical Counselors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-Class-Picture.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13008\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium_large wp-image-13008\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-Class-Picture-768x397-2.jpg?resize=650%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-Class-Picture-768x397-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-Class-Picture-300x155-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-Class-Picture-1024x530-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-Class-Picture-1536x794-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-Class-Picture-600x310-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-Class-Picture.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-13008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monika Rakossy, Front Right, Next to Wayne and Susie Vanderwier<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Word from Bob<\/strong>: Today\u2019s blog is a guest post from my friend and former student, Monika Rakossy. I hope you enjoy\u2014as much as I did\u2014Monika\u2019s testimony about equipping other biblical counselors. And, I hope you\u2019re encouraged to trust God to stretch you to do great things for Him\u2014just as Monika experienced.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong>Content to Minister<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>While I was a student at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithlafayette.org\/seminary\">Faith Bible Seminary<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithlafayette.org\/seminary\/mabc\">MA in Biblical Counseling<\/a>, I often heard about my professors\u2019 passion to <em>equip us to equip others<\/em> in biblical counseling. However, I could not see myself training other counselors.<\/p>\n<p>Even years later, I considered it a privilege (and I was content) to provide occasional trainings to our staff and students at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolhungary.org\/\">Word of Life Hungary<\/a>. I love discipleship and the personal ministry of the Word.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>The Invitation to Equip Others<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Then, in November 2020, I was invited to lead a Biblical Counseling Lab at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.igo-worldwide.org\/kts\">Kyiv Theological Seminary<\/a> (KTS) in the Ukraine. The ministry of <a href=\"https:\/\/discoveroic.org\/\">Overseas Instruction in Counseling<\/a> (OIC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is God calling you to do that seems bigger than you are? How can you trust God to be big enough to equip and empower you?<br \/>\nThe post Me? 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