A Subscription Offering of Restoring Hope School of Biblical Counseling
Green Bay Association of Biblical Counselors
Education • Formation • Accountability • Faithful Care — one affordable annual subscription bundling seminars, communities, digital downloads, coaching programs, and webinars for biblical counselors serving anywhere in the United States.
Scope Notice: GBABC recognition is a private association designation — not a Wisconsin license, government credential, academic degree, or authority to diagnose or treat outside lawful scope. Subscribers must represent their credential accurately and operate within their legal scope of practice.
Annual Subscription
$149 / year
Includes credential, all seminars, communities, digital downloads, coaching programs, webinars, and annual renewal tracking — delivered through Thinkific. Members also receive a 25% discount on RHSBC courses.
Continuing Education
$25 / credit
Per CE credit on biblically grounded topics: ethics, trauma, addiction, marriage, crisis, and spiritual formation.
One Subscription — Everything Included
What's in Your Subscription Bundle
Everything you need for formation, accountability, and ministry support in one subscription.
Seminars
Full access to GBABC seminars through the Thinkific LMS, plus a 25% member discount on RHSBC courses — including Biblical Ethics, Advanced Counseling Interventions, Biblical Counseling Practicum, and CE courses on trauma, addiction, marriage, crisis, and spiritual formation.
Communities
Join the GBABC subscriber network — a nationwide community of biblical counselors. Connect in discussion forums, share referrals, find peer consultation, and build mentorship relationships.
Digital Downloads
Download worksheets, SOAP and DARP note templates, biblical journaling guides, reading plans, soul diagnostic tools, and ministry launch resources — all included with your subscription.
Coaching Programs
Supervised formation pathways, case consultation groups, and ministry launch coaching for churches starting a biblical counseling or pastoral care ministry.
Webinars
Live and recorded webinars on counseling ethics, intervention strategies, ministry development, and spiritual formation — watch on your schedule through the Thinkific platform.
Annual Credential
Recognized GBABC biblical counselor credential renewed each year — demonstrating verified education, supervised formation, ethical commitment, and continuing development.
Who Can Subscribe
Eligibility & Entry Standards
GBABC is for passionate biblical counselors from anywhere in the United States. You are eligible to subscribe if you meet one of the following. All education and supervised formation is officially verified during the application review.
Master's in Biblical Counseling
You hold an earned Master’s degree in Biblical Counseling (or a closely related qualifying graduate degree) from a recognized institution.
RHSBC Student
You are a current student at the Restoring Hope School of Biblical Counseling at the undergraduate or graduate level, pursuing your biblical counseling formation.
Other qualifying degrees, certificates, and ministry backgrounds may be considered per the subscription category standards below.
Subscription Categories
A Category for Every Stage of Formation
From students to seasoned professionals to licensed clinicians — GBABC offers a subscription pathway that fits where you are in your journey.
Professional Biblical Counselor
Minimum Threshold: Bachelor's degree + GBABC-approved biblical counseling certificate + supervised formation
Public Limitation: May use "GBABC Professional Biblical Counselor." Not state licensure.
Advanced Professional
Minimum Threshold: Qualifying graduate degree (e.g., Master’s in Biblical Counseling) + advanced supervised experience
Public Limitation: May use the advanced designation while credential is active.
Licensed Clinical Affiliate
Minimum Threshold: Active behavioral-health license + biblical counseling formation
Public Limitation: Directory identifies state license and GBABC status separately.
Pastoral Affiliate
Minimum Threshold: Recognized ministry leader meeting affiliate education and ethics standards
Public Limitation: May not use the Professional Biblical Counselor designation.
Student Member
Minimum Threshold: Enrolled in a qualifying degree program or RHSBC (undergraduate or graduate)
Public Limitation: Must state student status; no independent credential.
Academic / Community Affiliate
Minimum Threshold: Educator, physician, attorney, chaplain, recovery professional, or supporter
Public Limitation: Participation only; no counselor designation.
For Churches & Ministries
Start a Biblical Counseling Ministry
Your GBABC subscription includes structured support for churches and ministries that want to open a biblical counseling or pastoral care ministry. We walk alongside you from vision to launch to sustainable practice.
Vision & Discernment
Clarify your church's calling to biblical counseling, assess readiness, and identify the scope of care you envision.
Structure & Policy
Establish governance, intake, consent, confidentiality, documentation, referral, and safeguarding policies grounded in GBABC ethics.
Education & Formation
Connect counselors to RHSBC coursework, certificates, and supervised formation pathways that meet GBABC standards.
Supervision Network
Build a supervision structure with qualified supervisors, consultation pathways, and accountability relationships.
Launch & Sustain
Go live with your ministry, track outcomes, maintain CE, and renew credentials annually within the GBABC network.
Theological Commitments
Grounded in Scripture & Sound Theology
GBABC subscribers share a common theological foundation that shapes how we counsel, supervise, and serve.
Scripture
The Old and New Testaments are inspired by God and the trustworthy, authoritative written norm for faith and life, interpreted responsibly.
God
One God, eternally existing as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — perfect in holiness, justice, wisdom, love, and mercy.
Humanity
Human beings are created in God’s image, possess inherent dignity, are embodied and relational, and are accountable to God.
Sin & Suffering
Sin corrupts persons and systems. Suffering may involve personal sin, others' sin, illness, trauma, loss, injustice, or life in a fallen world.
Christ & Salvation
Jesus Christ is fully God and fully human. Through his life, atoning death, bodily resurrection, and reign, God provides redemption by grace through faith.
Spirit & Sanctification
The Holy Spirit applies Christ’s work and forms believers through Scripture, prayer, the church, and ordinary means of grace.
Core Values
What We Stand For
Biblical Fidelity
Scripture handled contextually and canonically — not as slogans or coercive proof texts.
Educational Rigor
Degrees, certificates, supervised practice, and continuing education are verified.
Human Dignity
Every person bears God’s image and deserves safety, truthfulness, respect, and compassion.
Competence & Humility
Subscribers disclose limitations, consult, and refer when indicated.
Accountability
Credentials carry review, conflicts, documentation, and discipline obligations.
Restoration & Safety
Restoration never bypasses reporting, protection, consequences, or prudent boundaries.
Subscribe to the GBABC Bundle
Whether you are a seasoned counselor, a licensed clinician, a pastor, or an RHSBC student — the GBABC subscription gives you seminars, communities, downloads, coaching, webinars, and credentialing in one annual bundle, plus a 25% member discount on RHSBC courses.
"Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed." — Proverbs 15:22
Care That Is Measured — Because People Are What Matter
Restoring Hope Ministries tracks the well-being of every participant in our clinical and faith-based services using empirically validated screeners, clinical interviews, behavioral analysis, and self-report — so we can honestly see whether the people we serve are getting better. This rigor reflects the training of our founder, Dr. Gross, whose clinical psychology education and practical training at the Medical College of Wisconsin prepared him for this type of organization and care.
