Counseling

The counseling ministry of Glasgow Church exists to help fulfill the vision of developing mature disciples through the use of God’s Word to dispense the grace and wisdom necessary to fix broken lives, mend the wounds, and heal the hurting so that people will be restored to a right relationship with Jesus Christ. The counseling ministry also produces encouragement as we “spur one another on to love and good deeds.”  (Hebrews 10:24)

The methodology is biblically based, pointing people to the excellency of Christ and the sufficiency of God’s Word to heal and restore. Biblical counseling addresses the deep heart issues and always brings hope through Christ so that by God’s grace the counselee will come to confess their sinfulness, repent and seek God’s forgiveness, be restored into that right relationship with Christ, and become a fruit bearing disciple.

The counseling offered at here includes every facet of life: pre-engagement/ pre-marital, marital, family, financial, career, individual issues (fear of man, sexual abuse, etc.).

In addition to our pastors, Bruce and Carol Marker, certified biblical counselors, are on staff to handle most of the counseling needs.  Bruce and Carol have been married for 37 years.  They have two married sons and four grandchildren.  They have been members of Glasgow Church since 1986 and have both served in many ministries including youth group, teaching Sunday School, men’s and women’s Bible studies, choir, several missions trips to Japan, and have lead a house church since 1995.  Bruce has been a Ruling Elder since 1991.  They are graduates of the Christian Counseling Education Foundation in Glenside, Pennsylvania, where they earned a two year certificate in biblical counseling and have been involved in counseling both formally and informally for over 15 years.