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The
American Association of Christian Counselors
Doctrinal Statement
As an organization of dedicated
counseling professionals the AACC believes:
- In one God, creator,
and sustainer of things, infinitely perfect and
eternally coexisting in three persons – Father, Son
and Holy Spirit.
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- The Scriptures, both
Old and New Testaments, are the inspired and
trustworthy Word of God, the complete revelation of
His will for the salvation of human beings, and the
final authority for all matters about which it speaks.
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- That the human nature
derives from two historical persons, male and female,
created in God’s image.
They were created perfect, but they sinned,
plunging themselves and all human beings into sin,
guilt, suffering and death.
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- That the
substitutionary death of Jesus Christ and his bodily
resurrection provide the only ground for
justification, forgiveness, and salvation for all who
believe and only those who trust in Him alone are born
of the Holy Spirit, true members of the church, and
will spend eternity with Christ.
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- That the Holy Spirit
is the agent of regeneration and renewal for believers
in Christ, that He make the presence of Jesus Christ
real in believers, and that He comforts, guides,
convicts and enables believers to live in ways that
honor Him.
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- That ministry to
persons acknowledges the complexity of humans as
physical, psychological, social and spiritual beings.
The ultimate goal of
Christian counseling is to help others move to
personal wholeness, interpersonal competence, mental
stability and spiritual maturity.
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I
have personally adopted this statement of Faith by the AACC,
George
S. Thompson, M.Th., LPC, LMFT
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