The Struggle Is Real by Tim Clinton

The Struggle Is Real by Tim Clinton

20-25% of Americans suffer from a diagnosable mental illness. Divorce is epidemic. Abuse of all kinds is rampant. Suicidality is at an all-time high. Domestic violence is out of control. Cohabitation and out of wedlock births are at unprecedented levels. Addictions are more widespread than ever.

These and many other problems confront our culture today in alarming proportions. Consequently, mental and relational health issues find their way home. To everyone's home.

People with these and other concerns typically turn first to the church for help. Yet most churches are not equipped to adequately minister to the depth and magnitude of these overwhelming problems. This book was created as a comprehensive resource to provide the church with practical tools to care for these hurting people in a biblically sound and emotionally healthy way.

We at the American Association of Christian Counselors hope and pray this book finds its way into the hands of every pastor, church leader, counselor, and Christian caregiver in America. Because the struggle is real. The struggle is real indeed.

Timothy Clinton is the president of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), the world's biggest and most diversified Christian counseling organization, with almost 40,000 members. He is the president of Light Counseling, Inc. in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he also maintains a part-time counseling practice, and he is the Pastor of Caring Ministries at Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is the host of Christian Counseling Today, a nationwide radio call-in show, and the author of Before a Terrible Goodbye and The Marriage You Always Wishes, as well as the executive editor of The Soul Care Bible. Tim has a bachelor's degree in science.