Counseling individuals, marriages, and families with life’s biggest struggles by appointment.
Teaching seminars on personal, family, church, and community renewal. When families flourish, communities flourish.
Developing resources and groups for those in life’s most difficult seasons.
Enriching church leaders, pastors, and ministry leaders through biblical consultation.
Mediating church leadership and congregational conflict through difficult seasons of ministry.
Christ-Centered
Our counseling focuses on knowing, trusting and following Jesus Christ, the crucified and risen Lord and Savior, the ultimate remedy for personal and relational brokenness. Our counseling conduct is guided by the love, kindness, truth and compassion of Jesus, the great Shepherd and Counselor. Our trust is in Christ who transforms the inner life and the outward lifestyle of those we counsel.
Biblically Based
Our counseling relies upon the true words about ourselves and about Jesus revealed in the Bible. We counsel convinced that God’s Word has the authority and sufficient truth for every life and circumstance. That same Word invites everyone to live in a personal, healing relationship with Christ.
Theologically Integrated
All of our counselors hold seminary level degrees and are highly skilled in applying biblical patterns and themes to the complex issues of life, including the fixed linkage and interaction of our bodies and soul.
Clinically Informed
The supremacy of Scripture guides the way we assess and utilize research from psychology and medicine as secondary and occasional tools for the biblical counseling process.
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The Owen Center provides counseling that is Christ-Centered, biblically based, theologically integrated, and clinically informed.
“The Owen Center is an invaluable resource for pastors with counseling needs in their congregation. Marriages have been saved in our church through the work of the Owen Center. Their counseling is grounded in a biblical worldview and conducted with the skill of a knowledgeable professional. This is a vital ministry that contributes greatly to the well-being of our community.”
– Pastor Matt Mobley, Cornerstone Church
What makes The Owen Center different than other types of counseling?
Understanding that people are comprised of body and soul, The Owen Center offers a distinctive counseling experience that addresses the whole person within a compassionate, biblically-based framework.
The Owen Center partners with local churches and ministries to provide Christ-centered, biblical counseling to the community. Through financial support, teaching ministries, and leadership development, these partnerships help make counseling services more accessible while equipping church leaders with biblical care principles. By integrating counseling within the mission of the church, The Owen Center serves as a vital resource for healing and spiritual growth.
10,500
Counseling appointments in the Auburn area and counting
51
Ministries associated with The Owen Center in 10 years of ministry
12
Active Church Partner Churches
"Every time we say we believe in the Holy Spirit, we mean we believe that there is a living God able and willing to enter human personality and change it."
John Owen
The Center is named for John Owen, the 17th century English scholar and pastor. He represents a generation of Christian leaders who understood the human condition and applied the words and work of Christ for its recovery. To this day, The Owen Center remains a counseling ministry working toward a movement in Christ-centered biblical counseling in East Alabama.
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