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Biblical Counseling Resources (BCR): A Ministry of Pocono Evangelical Free Church<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

486 North Road, Stroudsburg, PA 18360
(570) 629-7878 www.poconoefc.org
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BCR Director: Dr. James Meyer (Pastoral and Biblical Counselor)
Email: jamesconradmeyer@gmail.com
Phone: (484) 541-2616<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Meyer has been working in the field of biblical counseling for many years. He has a Masters in Christian Counseling from Philadelphia College of Bible (Cairn University) and a Doctor of Education in Pastoral Community Counseling from the Univ. of Sarasota (Argosy University). He was an associate professor teaching full time in Cairn University\u2019s Master of Science in Counseling program for 17 years (2002 – 2019) and continues to teach at Cairn as an adjunct\/part time professor (1996-2002, 2021 – present). He has pastored with the Evangelical Free Church of America since 1984 and currently co-pastors Pocono Evangelical Free Church with his son JJ. He has an extensive background in keynote speaking at conferences, seminar presentations, and preaching at churches. If you would like Dr. Meyer to speak at a conference or church, please contact him at jamesconradmeyer@gmail.com or call him at (484) 541-2616. Dr. Meyer primarily works with pastors through the ministry of Biblical Counseling Resources by providing counseling, mentoring, and support.
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Pastoral and Biblical Counselor: Pastor Josiah J. Meyer Email: jm469@cairn.edu Phone: (716) 638-1515<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Pastor JJ has been serving in the field of biblical counseling for many years. He has a Masters in Christian Counseling from Philadelphia Biblical University (Cairn University) and was a counselor at Foundations Christian Counseling for eight years. His background in ministry includes serving Christ for several years on the mission field in Ankara, Turkey and Accra, Ghana as a bible teacher, serving as an associate pastor in upstate NY, and now serving as a co-pastor of Pocono Evangelical Free Church since 2016. Pastor JJ specializes in biblical marriage counseling and pastoral counseling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


Check out BCR’s facebook <\/a><\/strong>page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biblical Counseling Resources is a ministry of Pocono Evangelical Free Church (Pocono EFC) offering biblical and pastoral counseling, mentoring, seminars, conflict mediation, and other resources to help the Christian leader. BCR ministry is offering seminars given at Pocono EFC and seminars at other churches, couples retreats, small group ministries, and consulting for pastoral counseling as well as other church and parachurch counseling ministries. BCR also offers training for lay counselors to help them learn basic counseling skills, methods, and models for biblical counseling.

BCR ministry has no fees for biblical counseling, mediation, and seminars etc. but depends on gifts that are given to the ministry.

Seminars offered by Dr. James C. Meyer:<\/strong>
Intimacy with Christ
What Does it Mean to Follow Christ?
Biblical Intimacy in Marriage
A \u201cFruit of the Spirit\u201d Model for Communication in Marriage
Building One-Another-ing Community
Deepening Love Among the Brethren
The Use of Small Groups in Building the Church
The Power of Biblical Forgiveness
Confrontation and Conflict from Christ\u2019s Perspective
Conflict Mediation in the Body of Christ
Understanding Trauma from the Stories in the Bible
God\u2019s Answers to Our Grief
The Temporal Versus the Eternal
Addressing the Issue of Anger in the Christians Life
Addressing the Issue of Anxiety in the Christians Life
Developing the Skill of Empathy from a Biblical Worldview
The Christian Blended Family (Stepfamilies)
Pastoral and Biblical Counseling
Helping the Adolescent through the Crisis of Faith
Addressing Burn Out and Self Care from the Example of Christ
Identifying and Addressing Addictions from the Book of Proverbs Bridging the Cultural Damage from the Heart of God

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