Dwayne Bond, Chris Boucher,

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The Résumé of a Christian Counselor A
Four-Dimensional Model of Cross-Based Counselor
Preparation
Dwayne Bond, Chris Boucher, Susan Ellis, Bob
Kellemen
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The Résumé of A Christian Counselor Competent to
Counsel Romans 1514
Session Abstract This session proposes,
develops, and illustrates a four-dimensional
counselor training model that integrates character
(heart/being), content (head/knowing),
competence (hands/doing), and community
(home/connecting).
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The Résumé of A Christian Counselor Competent to
Counsel Romans 1514

• Sharing Your Story
• Imagine that youre forwarding
• your résumé to the Divine
• Counselor. What items would you
• highlight to demonstrate your
• qualifications to be a counselor?
• What qualities seem to be missing
• in the lives and ministries of
• counselors? What could be done to
• remedy these missing qualities?

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The Apostle Paul and the Ordinary, Average
Christian in Rome

• Character Full of Goodness
• Content Complete in Knowledge
• Competence Competent to Instruct
• Community Brothers/One Another
• Convinced Pepeismai

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Character Loving Like Jesus Reflecting Christ
Full of Goodness

• Goodness AgathosGalatians 522-23
• Goodness in the Bible Gods and Ours
• Goodness Equals Christlikeness Active,
• Compassionate, Grace-Relationships
• Goodness Equals Virtue Revealing Itself in
• Social Relationships

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Character Loving Like Jesus Reflecting Christ
Full of Goodness

• The powerful spiritual friend reflects the
• Ultimate Spiritual FriendJesus.
• Full Overflowing
• The person who is good at relating to
• God will be good at relating to others!
• Competence without character is like one
• corpse practicing cosmetic surgery on
• another corpse.

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Narratives of Character Development
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Chris Boucher on Character Development
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Content/Conviction Thinking Like Jesus Renewed
in Christ Complete in Knowledge

• Love God with our BRAIN
• Complete
• Claims our entire being
• We are captured by TRUTH!
• Knowledge Gnoseos
• Information Application
• Transformation
• Relating Gods truth to human
• relationships

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Content/Conviction Thinking Like Jesus Renewed
in Christ Complete in Knowledge

• Philippians 19-11Truth and Love Kiss
• Signs
• Christian counselors read the signs
• because they read the Scriptures.
• Christian counselors are convinced that
• Gods Word is sufficient for wisdom
• about people, problems, and solutions.

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Narratives of Content Development
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Chris Boucher on Content Development
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Content A Sample from 2 Samuel 13

• After this Absalom the son of David
• had a lovely sister, whose name was Tamar
• and Amnon the son of David loved her.
• Amnon was so distressed over his sister Tamar
  that he became sick
• for she was a virgin.
• And it was improper for Amnon to do anything to
  her.

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Content A Sample from 2 Sam 13
Exegetical Markers Along the Path of Discover 2
Samuel 1317 Then he called his servant who
attended him, and said, Here! Put this woman
out, away from me, and bolt the door behind her.
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Competence Serving Like Jesus Reproducing
Christ Competent to Instruct

• Competent Dunamenoi
• Power to Accomplish a Mission
• Ability Capability, Resources, Strength
• Instruction by Spiritual Direction
• Noutheteo Mind/Heart
• Mind Renewal Leading to Relational
• Maturity
• The Personal Ministry of the Word

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Competence Serving Like Jesus Reproducing
Christ Competent to Disciple

• Instruction by Soul Care
• Parakaleo 2 Corinthians 1
• Competent to Comfort
• Come Alongside to Help
• Holy Spirit Parakletos

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Narratives of Competence Development
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Dwayne Bond on Competence Development
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Community Connecting in Jesus Relating in
Christ Brothers

• Connecting Communities
• One Another Context
• Romans 12
• Romans 13
• Romans 14-15
• Romans 16

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Community Connecting in Jesus Relating in
Christ Brothers

• Community
• Linda and Debbie
• Scott and Bob

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Narratives of Community Development
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Susan Ellis on Community Development
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Sharing Our Story

• How do you develop each of the 4Cs in
• your life?
• How do you develop each of the 4Cs in
• your equipping of others?