15:14 - Biblical Counseling Coalition

Welcome to 15:14. In this episode Jonathan Holmes, Executive Director of Fieldstone Counseling , joins us to discuss his own call to biblical counseling, how he has grown through education and training in biblical counseling, and what ministry is like now. He joined Dr. Solomon to record live in front of undergraduate students in biblical counseling at Boyce College .    FROM OUR SPONSOR:  Learn m...

Welcome to 15:14. In this episode, BCC Council Member and author, Jonathan Holmes joins us to discuss his new book with our guest host, Jenny Solomon . Children and teens face a tremendous amount of pressure from their peers and culture to find their identity in their activities, feelings, or performance. This modern way of looking at identity can be challenging to navigate for parents who grew up...

In this episode of 15:14, Jeff Dalrymple, the Executive Director of ECAP, joins us to share about this important ministry. The Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention (ECAP) is an association-based organization that provides child safety accreditation and resources to ministries that serve kids. ECAP exists to serve any Christian organization that works with kids: churches, schools, daycares, cam...

Welcome back to 15:14! We are excited to launch the 2025 season with this episode. You will hear from Lakin and Curtis as they catch up on the goings on personally and with the BCC between last season and this one. Curtis will also offer reflection on the past year at the BCC and share about exciting things ahead.    You can also register for the 2025 Global Summit: One Word, One World!    FROM OU...

Get ready for the next season of 15:14! Curtis reflects on 2024 and shares a look forward to upcoming episodes in 2025.   If you’d like to make a special year-end donation, please support our work here .   Registration is now open for the 2025 Global Summit: One Word, One World!    FROM OUR SPONSOR: Learn more about the Boyce College undergraduate degree in Biblical Counseling at BoyceCollege.com/...

This episode of 15:14 is a rebroadcast of an interview with Steve Viars from 2017. Dr. Steve Viars, Pastor at Faith Ministries in Lafayette, Indiana, joins Curtis to discuss the importance and value of reaching out to our neighbors with the love of Christ, ministering to them both body and soul. Dr. Viars shares how biblical counseling is an effective outreach that opened doors to other avenues of...

In this first Quick to Listen episode, we discuss how biblical counseling can take place in a variety of contexts but still remain rooted in the church. We are joined by Rebekah Hannah, President and CEO of Anchored Hope, Paul Tautges, Pastor of Cornerstone Church in Cleveland, OH, and Alasdair Groves, Executive Director of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation.   Quick to Listen e...

In this episode of 15:14, Curtis and Lakin interview Steve Cleary, the founder and CEO of RevelationMedia. Steve shares about his newest project, iBIBLE . iBIBLE is a visual and interactive presentation of God’s Word that will be offered in 300 7-minute episodes, 43 of which are available now. You will be encouraged to learn about this free resource designed to break distribution, literacy, and la...

The Reproductive Loss Network brings a biblical response to a grieving world through educating, equipping, and encouraging the helpers who support those touched by reproductive loss. Co-founders Tanya Flores and Tricia Lewis join us for this episode of 15:14 to share about this amazing ministry. There is a special aftershow episode for BCC Partners. To find out more about becoming a partner, check...

The Life Counsel Bible provides biblical counsel and practical wisdom for pastors, ministry leaders, counselors, parents, couples, and any individual seeking practical wisdom through the application of God’s Word. This excellent resource brings together the Bible and wonderful articles from biblical counseling leaders to help people apply the wisdom from God’s Word to their daily lives. Rush Witt,...

Reverend Fares Kawar and his wife, Dr. Ibtissam Kawar, serve together in their local church and operate Ajyal Biblical Counseling Center . The name “Ajyal” means “generations” in Arabic. Ajyal ministry started in 2000 as a small family ministry aiming to restore relationships to God’s purposes and plan. Rev. & Dr. Kawar join us for this episode of 15:14 to discuss the history of their ministry...

Helen is the Director of Training and Resources at BCUK (Biblical Counseling United Kingdom). She is an experienced speaker, counselor, and author whose recent books include Hope in an Anxious World, Walking with Domestic Abuse Sufferers, Purity is Possible, Real Change, and Real Change for Students. She has completed CCEF’s certificate courses and holds an MA in Applied Theology. In this episode,...

Betty-Anne Van Rees is a member of the BCC Board of Directors. She serves the local church in discipleship roles that include speaking, teaching, mentoring, counseling, and training biblical counselors. Fueled by her passion to see the Canadian church convinced and equipped to care for souls through the living Word (both incarnate and inspired), Betty-Anne has worked together with a team of like-m...

Michael Leister is a member of the BCC Council and serves as pastor-elder at NordRhön Bible Church in Hünfeld/Germany and as professor for Biblical Counseling at EBTC European Bible Training Center in Berlin, Rheinland, and Zürich. He is a board member of NBS Network for Biblical Soul care and of KfG Konferenz für Gemeindegründung in Germany, a network of about 400 independent Bible-believing chur...

Tim St. John is a Member of the BCC Council and serves as the counseling pastor at Lighthouse Community Church in Torrance, CA. He’s a graduate of The Master’s Seminary (MDiv, ThM) and completed counseling certificate training through ACBC and CCEF . Tim’s passion is to see the grace of gospel-centered counseling grow and thrive in local churches. In this “Getting to Know You” episode, we learn ab...

Kike Torres is a member of the BCC Council and has served as lead pastor of Horizonte Querétaro since 2011. He is the founder of the Calvary Chapel School of Ministry in México and the Biblical Counseling Center at Querétaro. Kike also writes for The Gospel Coalition and is the founder and president of the Biblical Counseling Coalition in Mexico , which hosts the annual National Biblical Counselin...

Jeremy Oliver is a member of the BCC Council. He serves as an Assistant Professor of Applied Theology at Cedarville University and as a consultant with Soul Care Consulting . Prior to this, Jeremy served as an elder and pastor of Soul Care Ministries at Harvest Bible Church in Phoenix, AZ. He is a certified biblical counselor with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC). In this ep...

Scott Mehl (MDiv, The Master’s Seminary ; DMin, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary ) is a pastor at Cornerstone Church of West Los Angeles, the managing director of the Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship, a fellow of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors , and an author. He and his wife, Lara, have four children. In this episode of 15:14, we discuss Dr. Mehl’s lat...

Shepherd Press & the Wilds have partnered to create the LifeLine Mini Books for Teens series. Our guests, Dr. Jim Newcomer and Kelly Collier, helped bring this series to life. Listen and hear their heart for creating resources that speak directly to teens, and find out about some of the unique elements of this series.    Episode Links: The Wilds Shepherd Press LifeLine for Teens   From Our Spo...

Paul Bradley serves with Cadence International as Vice President for Affiliate and Foreign Military Ministries. Paul came to Christ as a young Seabee in the Navy and was discipled at a Cadence hospitality house. He and his wife, Sandra, have ministered with Cadence for over 30 years with student ministry and foreign military ministry. Paul has a BA in Theology with a Youth Ministry minor. In this...

This episode of 15:14 is a rebroadcast of an interview with Matt Dodson regarding the Houston Area Biblical Counseling Network. As a continuation of our Build 133 series, we are highlighting different 133 Networks that gather regionally for equipping, encouragement, and engagement. Matt Dodson is the founder of the Houston Area Biblical Counseling Network . We discuss the founding of the HABC netw...

Today’s 15:14 episode continues our Build 133 series, where we highlight different 133 Networks that gather regionally for equipping, encouragement, and engagement. This episode highlights the Bluegrass Biblical Counseling Coalition, which started in Lexington, KY in 2018 and just had its first meeting of a group in Louisville, KY, in the spring of 2024. Tim Stec helps lead the BGBCC and was a fou...

This episode is another in our Build 133 series where we encourage listeners to create networks of biblical counselors in their communities for encouragement, equipping, and engagement. Our guest for this episode is Dan Carmody, who founded the Wisconsin Coalition of Biblical Counselors . You’ll hear Dan’s passion for helping churches establish biblical counselors, as well as his passion for conne...

This episode of 15:14 is a rebroadcast of the interview we did with Pastor Dave Kirk regarding the Eastern Iowa Biblical Counseling Coalition. As part of the Build 133 series, we wanted you to hear about the great work they are doing again! Dave Kirk is the Pastor of Spiritual Formation at Grace Community Church in North Liberty, Iowa, where he has served since 2009. Before that, he was a pastor i...

Kelly Tarr is our guest on today's episode of 15:14. Kelly is an ACBC counselor who leads the Smoky Mountain Biblical Counselor Network. For the last three years, she served as the women’s ministry director in her local church and co-led a mother and tween-daughter discipleship ministry. Kelly is married to Blane and is a mom to five kids, and hospitality is central to the Tarr family’s weekly min...