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SoulCare Groups™ were launched in the winter of 2022, in response to a felt need within Gospel Life Church in Puyallup, Washington.

Coming out of the pandemic, many of our members struggled more than ever with a variety of issues (e.g.: anxiety, depression, addiction). Equipped with a growing team trained in Biblical Soul Care, we felt compelled to help our congregation couple their faith with everyday struggles. Thus, SoulCare Groups were born as one component of our gospel-centered, biblical counseling ministry. These groups have transformed the way we care for souls at Gospel Life. We discovered that many churches long to care well for members who are struggling with sin or suffering but lack accessible tools to offer biblical care and counsel. This is our offering to His body, the Church.

“SoulCare Group™ Workbooks by Gary and Linda Baer address a critical gap in pastoral care within the church. Designed to be a ‘replicable, plug-and-play model of groups-based care,’ they make biblical care and counsel accessible to every church in a small-group context. The format of these workbooks is user friendly for both participants and group facilitators, making the topic-focused, twelve-week groups easy to launch.”

—Michael R. Emlet, Faculty member and Counselor, Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF); author of Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners: Loving Others as God Loves Us and CrossTalk: Where Life and Scripture Meet

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  • "I can wholeheartedly recommend (these workbooks) as a deeply transformative and grace-filled experience … and would encourage anyone to consider joining or starting something similar."

    —Jacques Erasmus, Pastor St. James Church, Bloemfontein, South Africa, RI Manager of Biblical Counseling Africa, and CCEF Online Instructor

  • "Imagine Christian brothers and sisters gathering together to humbly seek help for a shared struggle…learning from God’s Word. (These) workbooks have made this vision attainable for churches."

    —Lauren Whitman, CCEF faculty and counselor, and author of the 31-day devotional, A Painful Past: Healing and Moving Forward and When Parents Feel Like Failure: How Jesus Quiets Our Distress

  • "A practical tool with a powerful effect…for drawing a community into a more vital and dependent walk with Christ."

    —Ste Casey, Pastor of Speke Baptist Church, Liverpool, UK, serves on the Executive Committee of Biblical Counseling UK, and author of I Prayed and Nothing Changed: What God is Up to in the Silence.