Legal Issues in Biblical Counseling: Direction and Help for Churches and Counselors

by T Dale Johnson, Edward Charles Wilde

Overview

In this book, pastors and biblical counselors who are seeking to faithfully lead, mentor, and guide their flocks in a rapidly changing cultural landscape will find clear direction and guidance from a team of Christian lawyers and biblical counselors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645072461
Publisher:	New Growth Press
Publication date:	07/25/2022
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.43(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

T. Dale Johnson Jr., MDiv, PhD, is the Executive Director of The Association of Certified Biblical Counselors and the Director of Counseling Programs and Associate Professor of Biblical Counseling at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He previously served as an associate pastor and continues to seek the strengthening of the church by training pastors and members to minister in their local churches. He is the author of The Church as a Culture of Care. Dale and his wife Summer live in Kansas City, Missouri with their six precious children.

Edward Charles Wilde, Esq., BA, JD, is an associated attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom. He has written for the Daily Journal, the Whittier Law Review, the UCLA Entertainment Law Review, the Intellectual Property Law Review, and the Online Journalism Review. He also holds an MABC from The Master's University, where he has been an adjunct professor since 2002. As a professor, he has taught a number of classes concerning business law, psychology, and Christian ministry. He is a contributing author of Men Counseling Men and is a content editor and contributor to the Journal of Biblical Soul Care. He and his wife, Kelley, live in Los Angeles and have five children, one of whom is with the Lord.

Table of Contents

Introduction T. Dale Johnson Jr 1

Part 1 How Do I Protect a Counseling Ministry in the Church?

Chapter 1 The Stewardships of the Church and the State T. Dale Johnson Jr 9

Chapter 2 Why Would the State Seek to Regulate Biblical Counseling? Edward Charles Wilde 26

Chapter 3 Truth in Advertising: Communicating about Your Counseling Ministry with Clarity Edward Charles Wilde 47

Chapter 4 The Local Church and a Local Lawyer Todd M. Sorrell 70

Chapter 5 Business Formation and Insurance of Your Counseling Ministry Edward Charles Wilde 88

Chapter 6 Termination and Reporting in Church Employment George Crawford Edward Charles Wilde 115

Part 2 How Do I Protect Myself and My Counselees?

Chapter 7 A Pastoral Perspective on Legal Issues Tim Pasma 135

Chapter 8 The Anatomy of a Lawsuit Edward Charles Wilde Deborah Dewart 144

Chapter 9 How to Avoid a Lawsuit Todd M. Sorrell 169

Chapter 10 Religious Liberty and the Judicial System Deborah Dewart 185

Chapter 11 What Your Counselee Faces in the Legal System Edward Charles Wilde Tonya Braun 204

Chapter 12 Gender, Sexuality, and Religious Liberty Deborah Dewart 226

Author Biographies 237

Glossary and Additional Legal Information 239

Appendix: Sample Counseling Intake Forms 249