The Relevance of Christian Counseling Today

If you are a pastor, Christian counselor, chaplain, or a student training to become a minister, this book is for you. The book is informative and inspiring and the chapter on, "What is Missing from the 21st Century Pulpit," paints the picture of the real life setting that impacts every church. Also included in this book is a couple's conflict resolution diagnostic instrument. The instrument has the capacity to reveal and uncover conflicts between a couple without either one disclosing or verbalizing their conflict. The book will sharpen your sense of awareness to the reality of the people sitting in your church pews and the urgent need for a paradigm shift in the way you minister to these people to meet their felt needs beyond the spiritual. Beverly Sterling-Cross was born in Jamaica and migrated to the United States at an early age. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. Degrees in Christian Counseling and is presently pursuing her lifelong dream as a Christian counselor. Beverly has been a ministerial spouse for over four decades. She was married to Dr. Milton Sterling for forty-three years, he predeceased her. She is presently married to Dr. Dolphy Cross, a pastor, psychotherapist, and conflict resolution specialist. She has seen, heard, and felt the pain and woes of many members sitting in the pews of different congregations. She has also seen how pastors responded to the many silent calls for help. These and much more motivated and inspired her to write this book. Her encouragement to you is to have faith in God and hope in the future you cannot see. She believes that the Creator God is in the business of making something out of nothing.