This year, we are offering breakout sessions tailored to your biblical counseling experience. Use the following descriptions as guidelines when selecting your breakout sessions:
- Level 1: "How-To Basics" - These breakouts will be geared towards those who don't have much or any biblical counseling experience. They will be more focused on how to apply biblical counseling topics or ideas in the attendee's own life, introduce them to biblical counseling topics, or equip them to help close family or friends in need.
- Level 2: "Equipping for Ministry" - These breakouts are geared towards those who are counseling or ministering in more formal settings, such as Life Group leaders. However, these topics will be broadly applicable and address frequent challenges counselors or ministry leaders may face.
- Level 3: "Advanced Concepts" - These breakouts will address difficult or more complicated topics counselors may face as they minister to others. The goal is to continue to train and equip seasoned counselors and ministry leaders.
Breakout Session #1
Peacemaking: A Biblical Blueprint for Resolving Personal Conflict
The Bible, Anxiety, and Social Media
Rosa Wampler
Level 1
Jonathan Smith
Level 1
Notes will be posted HERE prior to the conference.
Notes will be posted HERE prior to the conference.
Learn simple biblical tools for seeking peace in home and family relationships based on the books: "Peacemaker" by Kevin Sande and "Pursuing Peace" by Robert Jones. You'll learn to respond to disagreements with love, forgiveness, and real reconciliation. This session will also include a section on how to apply peacemaking principles with children.
Does wondering what’s happening on social media makes you anxious? Do you check your social media 100+ times per day? How can you use social media without becoming anxious? Even if you aren’t a big social media user, do you know someone who might have social media induced anxiety? The Bible has the answers. Let’s stop doomscrolling and open the Word.
Silent Struggles: Shepherding Men Navigating Secret Sin (for Men Only)
Making Right Decisions
Pastor Darryl Jacobsen
Level 2
Pastor Jon Walker
Level 2
Notes will be posted HERE prior to the conference.
Notes will be posted HERE prior to the conference.
This breakout session is designed for biblical counselors and others seeking to disciple men who are struggling with sexual sin or other hidden battles. Whether you’re new to counseling or have years of experience, this session will provide you with biblical wisdom and practical tools to shepherd men toward true freedom in Christ. This session was also presented at our annual conference in 2025.
This breakout session will focus on providing help for growing in making godly and wise decisions when they aren’t easy, outcomes aren’t promised, and everything feels complicated. Come join us in learning how to walk with the Lord in challenging circumstances!
Counseling Parents in Shepherding Their Anxious Child
The Implications of Memory in Counseling
Kaitlin Young
Level 2
Kerry Heath
Level 3
Notes will be posted HERE prior to the conference.
Notes will be posted HERE prior to the conference.
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Breakout Session #2
Getting Mad at Anger
Equip, Don't Just Instruct: Practical Steps for Biblical Study
Steve Walker
Level 1
Oliver Underwood
Level 1
Notes will be posted HERE prior to the conference.
Notes will be posted HERE prior to the conference.
In this breakout session, we'll explore an emotion that is all too familiar to most of us. Join us to take a much closer look at when anger is justified and necessary and when it's sinful and destructive.
This breakout is meant to emphasize the importance of good Bible study (hermeneutics) to better equip those who disciple and/or those being discipled. Key Passage: “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” -2 Timothy 2:15
How to Overcome Evil
Biblical Forgiveness: Conditional? Unconditional?
Nancy Williams
Level 2
Randy Roberts
Level 2
Notes will be posted HERE prior to the conference.
Notes will be posted HERE prior to the conference.
In this session, we will explore Romans 12:14–21 and discover God’s surprising strategy for overcoming evil—not through retaliation, pride, or control, but through Christlike love, humility, and trust in His justice. Together, we will examine why people are not the real enemy in conflict, how to respond with grace without compromising truth, practical ways to resist bitterness, and so much more. Through Scripture, discussion, and practical application, participants will be equipped to overcome evil with good and live out the transforming power of the gospel in everyday life.
This breakout session will explore biblical forgiveness. In addition to looking at the hows and whys of forgiveness more broadly, we will focus on a common question: should we forgive unrepentant offenders? Some Christian writers and teachers contend that we should forgive offenders unconditionally, even if they do not repent. Others assert that offenders must repent before we forgive them. There is a clear, unambiguous, and definite answer to our question: Yes and No!
The Role of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage
Counseling Rooted in the Fear of God
Jeff Boyer
Level 2
Pastor Aaron
Level 3
Notes will be posted HERE prior to the conference.
Notes will be posted HERE prior to the conference.
Intended to restore clarity and understanding to the biblical principles of God’s design and purpose for sexual intimacy, this session outlines a course of practical applications for navigating this essential component of marriage. Its purpose is to glorify God through helping counselors, counselees, and couples bring what often is an uncomfortable, avoided issue out of the darkness and into God’s Light.
Biblical counseling must get to the root of pleasing God over pleasing self as the primary motivation for every decision. Many of our counselees have an unbiblical view of the fear of God, which only fosters sin, rather than leading to freedom from it. This breakout session will aim to recapture a biblical fear of God in counseling, which explores its blessings, benefits, and protection for the life of a true disciple of Jesus who desires to glorify God in all things.
Notes for Keynote Sessions will be posted HERE before the conference