Healing Relationships: A Christian's Manual for Lay Counseling' is designed to equip you, the layperson, to minister to those who are hurting. Stephan Grunlan and Daniel Lambrides, both skilled counselors, explain how you can allow Christ's love to bring about a healing relationship. Sunday school teachers, youth workers, elders - every church member should have some training in counseling skills so they can turn their interpersonal relationships into healing relationships. In 13 informative chapters, 'Healing Relationships' presents clear counseling procedures and illustrates a variety of counseling situations for Sunday school discussion, Bible study, or personal application. For those who wish to use the book as a group study, a Leader's Guide is also available. Stephen Grunlan is Senior Pastor of Grace Fellowship Church in Overland Park, Kansas. He is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute and Nyack College and has earned graduate degrees at Wheaton Graduate School and the University of Illinois. He completed his doctoral studies at Luther Theological Seminary. Dr. Grunlan has taught at Moody Bible Institute, Crown College, University of Wisconsin, and the University of Missouri. He has served churches in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and California. Daniel Lambrides is a graduate of Nyack College and Colgate-Rochester Divinity School. He is an ordained minister of the Baptist General Conference. He has been in practice as a marriage and family therapist. He has served as an adjunct professor at Bethel Theological Seminary. He has been a featured speaker at counseling workshops, seminars, and marriage retreats.