Dear Friend,

We are like-minded Calvary Chapel pastors, pastors’ wives, and ministry leaders

CCFBC is a place of fellowship, clarity, and trusted resources for biblical soul care.

This is a fellowship.

We serve alongside a pastoral advisory board and a growing council of Calvary Chapel pastors and pastors’ wives. Together, we are committed to strengthening the local church in the ministry of discipleship and biblical counseling — Counseling God’s Way.

If you are a Calvary Chapel leader who believes biblical counseling is simply discipleship applied personally, prayerfully, and relationally — you’re in the right place.

We exist because there is a need for a trusted space where Calvary Chapel leaders can gather, align, and move forward together.

Hello

I'm [name]!

Dreamer, Mother, Adventurer & Chief Motivator

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We know what it feels like when your calendar fills with counseling appointments.

You love your people.

You don’t want to outsource discipleship.

You want to keep soul care in the church.

but you also feel the weight.

You teach verse by verse, chapter by chapter, with the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Yet quietly, you may sense a desire to be better equipped in one-on-one ministry.

Many Calvary Chapel pastors — and pastors’ wives — wrestle with that tension.

We are here to strengthen your hands.

CCFBC provides trusted resources, consultation, and training opportunities for pastors, pastors’ wives, ministry teams, and church members who desire to counsel in alignment with Calvary Chapel distinctives.

You don’t have to navigate this alone.

The External Pressures Are Real

Today’s ministry landscape brings added complexity:

✓ Questions about counseling with Scripture alone

✓Pressure toward licensure and secular credentialing

✓Confusion within the broader biblical counseling movement

✓Integration models that do not align with Calvary Chapel theology

Finding like-minded counsel can be difficult.

We filter, curate, and clarify so that you can move forward confidently.

We address body, soul, and spirit from a Word-centered, Spirit-dependent framework rooted in Scripture.

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Our Heritage

This fellowship grows from deep roots.

As a staff pastor under Chuck Smith at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, I was sent to Bible College with his vision to raise up the next generation of Calvary Chapel leaders. Pastor Chuck was unwavering in his commitment to the authority and sufficiency of Scripture in counseling.

In those same years, I met Bob Hoekstra at Calvary Chapel Bible College. He developed the Counseling God’s Way framework and textbook — a model fully consistent with Calvary Chapel theology.

By God’s grace, I was later invited to teach that course and conduct seminars both nationally and internationally.

At the heart of it all was Matthew 18 discipleship — personal, relational, Scripture-saturated ministry.

In recent years, the broader biblical counseling movement — first shaped in modern form by Jay Adams — has shifted in directions that are not always compatible with Calvary Chapel distinctives.

CCFBC exists to gently but clearly realign counseling ministry with our theological convictions.

We are revisiting, stirring, and strengthening what many Calvary Chapel pastors already believe in their hearts.

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Words from our friends/students

I love biblical counseling because that's the message I want to bring to people. I want to be used to help people get saved and evangelize and bring them on that path and to the church to help disciple them, and that everybody who thirsts would have their fulfillment in the Lord and in His Word. I want to be a part of that work, and I'm thankful that I can be a part of this.

As a Calvary Chapel pastor, all my training has been through hands-on ministry and my own personal study of the Word. I will gladly admit that I was lacking in many areas, especially in the application of God’s word to the most difficult situations. This helped me to finally dive deeper into my studies and application of the Word. I look forward to seeing how the Lord will transform lives as I am able to bring them to the Wonderful Counselor.

Our Framework:

Counseling God's Way

Our approach is:

01

Word-centered

Scripture is sufficient (2 Timothy 3:16–17)

02

Spirit-dependent

transformation comes by the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18)

03

Relationally applied

counseling is discipleship (Matthew 28:19–20)

This is not a clinical model.

This is church-based soul care.

Explore our doctrinal commitments and framework.

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Ensure alignment with Calvary Chapel distinctives.

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Contribute, grow, and strengthen one another.

ENGAGE IN FELLOWSHIP

Our Core Belief

We believe the church must be a culture of care.

Biblical community is where hope is found. The Holy Spirit, working through the Word of God, transforms the heart.

Secular psychology may offer categories — but only Christ renews the mind (Romans 12:2).

The local church is God’s design for soul care.

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What Jesus Likes (and Dislikes) in His Church

This short but searching guide walks you through what Jesus Himself commends and corrects in His churches—love, perseverance, holiness, repentance, and more. It’s a biblical framework to help you examine your own heart, your leadership, and your church in light of His Word.

Fellowship in Christ

Our goal is not content consumption.

It is koinonia.

Conversations.

Friendship.

Shared labor.

Regional gatherings.

Zoom consultations.

Virtual summits.

Church seminars.

In an age where answers can be found on AI, YouTube, or Google, we offer something deeper:

Trusted fellowship with like-minded shepherds.

We are here to connect with you.