Our Vision
Biblical Counselling UK’s vision is for all people, whatever their struggle, to find wise, biblical conversational ministry in their local church.
Our training courses aren’t just for people who’ve been to bible college. If you want to be better prepared to help those around you through life’s difficulties, we offer a range of training resources from entry-level and small group courses, to in-depth courses, certificates and internships.
Our context
Our society is changing rapidly and the stresses we face are changing with it.
People are experiencing new demands in their personal lives and many are struggling as a result. The demand on our mental health services has risen and many, both within the church and outside, cannot find the help they need.
This means that…
Churches are facing greater challenges in pastoral care. The number of people struggling has increased as has the complexity of those struggles. Personal and relational difficulties are far more widespread.
This, in turn, means that…
Pastors are facing unparalleled demands. And while secular approaches continue to provide the dominant perspective on personal problems, many in church leadership feel uncertain about their role and ill-equipped to respond. Personal ministry of the word can seem irrelevant and inadequate.
Our ambitions
BCUK has three ambitions:
01.
Pastors and people would share a rich pastoral vision
Through a wide variety of training options and resources, we seek to support church leaders and members as they develop communities that embrace one-anothering and are increasingly skilled in conversational ministry.
02.
Experienced carers would deepen their wisdom and skill
Recognising the need to increase the availability of experienced carers, we seek to support both higher level training courses and the provision of supervision and consultation groups for vocational counsellors.
03.
Individual strugglers would find wise pastoral care
Our beliefs
We have adopted the following statement of faith:
- The unity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in the Godhead
- The sovereignty of God in creation, revelation, redemption, and final judgement
- The divine inspiration and infallibility of Holy Scripture as originally given and its supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct
- God’s creation of human beings, each made in his image and precious in his sight; his creation of them as male and female, and marriage as a faithful union only between a man and a woman, reflecting the relationship between Christ and the Church, and the only proper place for sexual intimacy.
- The universal sinfulness and guilt of human nature since the Fall, rendering people subject to God’s wrath and condemnation
- The full deity of the Lord Jesus Christ as the incarnate Son of God; his virgin birth, and his real and sinless humanity; his death on the cross, his bodily resurrection and his present reign in heaven and earth
- Redemption from the guilt, penalty and power of sin only through the sacrificial death once and for all time of our representative and substitute Jesus Christ, the only mediator between us and God
- Justification as God’s act of undeserved mercy in which the sinner is pardoned all their sins and accepted as righteous in God’s sight only because of the righteousness of Christ imputed to him, this justification being received by faith alone
- The need for the Holy Spirit to make the work of Christ effective to the individual sinner, granting them repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ
- The indwelling of the Holy Spirit in all those thus regenerated, producing in them an increasing likeness to Christ in character and behaviour, and empowering them for their witness in the world
- The only holy universal Church which is the Body of Christ to which all true believers belong
- The future personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ who will judge all people, executing God’s just condemnation on the impenitent and receiving the redeemed to eternal glory
