Mr. Donald Setser, Director of Community Services with Father Beiting Appalachian Mission Center and Father Beiting Point of Hope Transitional Housing Program in Louisa recently earned Certification from the Board of Christian Professional and Pastoral Counselors of Forest, VA. as a Board Certified Biblical – Christian Counselor.

The BCPPC is affiliated with the nearly 50,000-member American Association of Christian Counselors, and is open to all mental health professionals, pastors, chaplains, para-professionals, and lay counseling ministry leaders who identify themselves as Christian counselors.

The mission of BCPPC is to serve Christian counselors throughout the world in taking positive and tangible steps to develop the emerging profession of Christian counseling. The vision is to create and maintain a viable and comprehensive Christian Care Network as a resource for hurting people.

“Father Beiting’s Point of Hope Transitional Housing Community will now be offering Biblical – Christian Counseling to all residents and families residing at Point of Hope each week beginning in January 2012. Residents and families seeking counseling from a Licensed Christian Mental Health Counselor will be referred to Dr. Sheila Kensinger and Dr. William Price of Cornerstone Christian Counseling of Louisa.

Mr. Setser may be contacted at 638-2273. The Point of Hope Community is located at 524 Hwy. 3 S. Louisa.

Father Beiting Appalachian Mission Center and the Father Beiting Point of Hope Community is an
outreach ministry of the Catholic Diocese of Lexington.