As members of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC),
we embrace their doctrinal statement.
There exists only one God, creator and sustainer of all things,
infinitely perfect and eternally co-existing in three persons–Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit.
The Scriptures, both Old and New testaments,
are the inspired, inerrant 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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Human nature derives from two historical personas, 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. The substitutionary death of Jesus Christ and his bodily
resurrection provide the only ground for justification, forgiveness,
and salvation for all who believe. Only those who trust in Him alone
are born of the Holy Spirit and are true members of the Church; only
they will spend eternity with Christ.
The Holy Spirit is the agent of regeneration and renewal for
believers in Jesus Christ. He makes the presence of Jesus Christ real
in believers, and He comforts, guides, convicts, and enables
believers to live in ways that honor Christ.
Ministry to persons acknowledges the complexity of humans as
physical, social, psychological, and spiritual beings. The ultimate
goal of Christian counseling is to help others move to personal
wholeness, interpersonal competence, mental stability, and spiritual
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