FAQs

We do accept donations in order to help support the technical and logistical needs of the ministry. While our counselling ministry is small now, we hope to be able to extend it out to include an entire network of counsellors all seeking to help people get in close with Christ. Your donations can help to keep this ministry alive and growing it into the network of believers helping believers that we'd like it to be!

Yes, we do ask for payment for our counselling services. While we believe that everyone needs help, especially the kind of help that comes from the Word of God, we also know that God created a model with the establishment of the office of the high priest that required those called to the work of the Lord to be supported monetarily for that work. In addition, experience has shown that counseling is a two-way street and requires a true commitment on the part of both the counsellor and the counselee. Unfortunately, free counseling services are often taken for granted by the counselee and they don't always put forth the same amount of effort that they do when they are paying for the service. Charging a fee for service, therefore, does honor to those serving the Lord, helps us to pay the bills and continue our ministry, and helps the counselee to demonstrate their commitment to the process through financial sacrifice.

While we would love to be able to do this, we don't currently have a good way to verify a person's financial situation and we don't want to be in the position of trying to make those kinds of decisions without all of the data that we would need to do so. If you are in a situation where you are desperately in need but you can't afford it, we recommend that you visit to your local church. Many local churches do offer free counselling and support for those in their community. If they aren't in a position to provide counselling at this time, they might be willing and/or able to sponsor you by paying for our service. We love partnering with the local church and truly believe that having a connection to your local church is critical and would be more than happy to help to make that happen for you. Just have them to reach out to us and we will be happy to help.

We truly love our clergy and want to serve them in the same way that they serve their flock. For that reason, we do offer confidential free counselling for bi-vocational members of the clergy. For full time clergy and staff members, however, we do charge for our services. But, because we know how challenging a life in full time ministry can be, we prefer to partner with churches directly to help them take care of the needs of their staff. We offer churches "Church Pastoral Care Packages" that can provide confidential counseling for church staff members on a subscription basis. For a monthly fee (based on the number of people covered), we will provide counseling services to any number of church pastors, employees, staff members or lay leaders. This can be an incredible gift from a church board, elder board, deaconate, or even a full congregation to give to those who serve the Lord in their congregation. Please let us know if you are interested in this service and we will put together a quote for you based on your specific needs.

We do not accept insurance. Unfortunately, most health insurance companies aren’t willing to cover the treatment offered by religious counselling services. While they are very good at seeing the medical needs of men and women, they do not realize that people's spiritual needs are just as important as their medical needs and those spiritual needs heavily influence a person's overall health.

Yes they are! Your donations are 100% tax deductible as Compassionate Christian Counselling is a non-profit 501c3 organization. Payments you make for counselling services rendered, however, are not tax deductible, unfortunately. Those aren't our rules, but the government's.