Counseling
FBC Massillon offers a variety of counseling resources to provide support through different seasons and circumstances of life. Explore the options below to find the care, guidance, and support that best fits your needs.
Stephen Ministry
Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2, NRSV). Stephen Ministry offers a proven and effective way to organize, equip, and supervise a team of congregation members—called Stephen Ministers—to provide high-quality, one- to-one, Christ-centered care to people in the congregation and the community experiencing life difficulties.
Stephen Ministry is appropriate for people experiencing:
Grief
Divorce
Cancer
Hospitalization
Physical Rehabilitation
Long-Term Care
Chronic Illness
Terminal Illness
Job Loss
Loss Of A Home
Military Deployment
The Onset Of A Disability
Spiritual Crisis
Many Other Life Struggles
Premarital Counseling
Congratulations on your engagement. Don't forget to do the important work before the ceremony. The idea of premarital counseling is to build a strong foundation. What you have right now is beautiful. You are engaged. You are in love. But how can you make sure that you don’t end up a statistic? No one gets married planning on getting divorced.
The key is building a strong foundation of principles and knowing what it takes to be successful. Our primary tool for Premarital Counseling is called SYMBIS. SYMBIS stands for Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts.
Pastor David has a passion for weddings and moving couples from dating to engagement to marriage. If you are interested in having your wedding at FBC Massillon,
click here. If you would like Pastor David to officiate your wedding elsewhere and guide you through premarital counseling, please click here.
Greif Share
A support group to help you move through the grief process.
A GriefShare support group is a safe and welcoming place where individuals can understand and navigate the complex emotions associated with grief. Through this 13- week group, you’ll discover what to expect in the days ahead and what’s “normal” in grief.
Since there are no neat, orderly stages of grief, you’ll learn helpful ways of coping with grief, in all its unpredictability, and gain solid support each step of the way.
Pastoral Counseling
Rev. Dr. David Anderson
In addition to his preaching and pastoral care, Pastor David (DMin in Pastoral Counseling) is available to provide pastoral counseling.
To schedule an appointment, please contact the church office. We are pleased to offer free biblical pastoral counseling to all members of First Baptist Church of Massillon. We believe that Scripture offers timeless wisdom and guidance for everyday life, and we pray that each person here may experience the joy and peace that comes from growing in their relationship with Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord (Galatians 5:22-23).