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Qualified COUNSELORS are a good thing to have in certain situations that come up.
When my wife's mom died 15 years ago, she was attending bible college in Springfield, MO. She was allowed three days to leave to attend the funeral than was expected back, ready to go. Their idea of "counseling" was praying at the alter. And if you needed a bit more, why then you simply needed to pray more. Then she was actually reprimanded for skipping some classes during the next week.....
She didn't stay.
Needless to say I have known many pastors and elders who are distinctly NOT qualified to help anyone who is truly hurting other than to maybe pray for them in silence while someone ELSE did the counseling. We recently left a church because the then-new pastor had completely crazy idea's about marital relations. It makes my skin crawl to think about him actually "counseling" soon-to-be-wed couples!
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