Full or Part Time LPC Counselor, Social Worker, or LMFT

Full or Part Time LPC Counselor, Social Worker, or LMFT Mental Health

Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church The Christian Counseling Center of First Presbyterian Church 1500 Lady St Columbia, SC 29201 https://www.christiancounseling.ws/

Full-Time Posted: Jan 5, 2026 Application Deadline: Jul 5, 2026

Description Counselors at the Christian Counseling Center serve the church and community of Columbia, SC, by providing theologically based and Christ-honoring clinical counseling. Tasks associated with this position include:

• Providing direct and confidential clinical services to clients, including scheduling, assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment delivery in both in-person and virtual modalities. • Timely communication with clients and other staff. • Ability to specialize in or work with individual clients, children, and/or couples and families. • Creating and maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of service using our EHR. • Engaging the community through marketing to build up a case load. • The competent and therapeutic integration of biblical and theological truths into counseling work. • Maintaining an active and up-to-date South Carolina clinical license. • Being paneled with major insurance providers. • Part-time counselors may set their own schedules; full-time counselors are expected to maintain a caseload of 28 clients per week. • Ability to work on-site at one of our locations (we will consider establishing satellites at other locations in South Carolina if you are unable to relocate).

Salary: Undisclosed

Requirements • An MA degree in counseling, social work, or marriage and family therapy. • A current SC license in good standing. • Previous counseling experience. • Providers with certifications (CSAT, EMDR, etc.) as well as theological training will be preferred. • Excellent communication, social skills. • Ability to use MS Office suite products, as well as our EHR system and telehealth platform. • Adherence to our theological values (see below) and fellowship with a local Bible-believing church. • Knowledge and skills in integrating Christian theology into counseling practice. • Evidence of a strong and committed walk with Jesus.

How to Apply The Christian Counseling Center is an affiliate ministry of the First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, SC (ARP). It is organized as a board-governed non-profit 501(c)3 organization, with daily operations and clinical services overseen by the Executive Director.

Having been in existence for almost three decades, the Center is a premier provider of Christian counseling to the congregation of First Presbyterian, the local church community, and the wider population of Columbia as well. We presently have 7 locations across the SC Midlands and 30+ employees. As an established center, we have a strong referral base, excellent community reputation, and a high level of internal administrative and clinical support for our counselors.

The Center also houses a full-time psychiatrist, a sexual addiction and betrayal trauma treatment team, and leverages its position as a teaching center to provide services for those in need. Clinical staff must agree with the following statement of faith:

Statement of Faith, Faith and Doctrine

The lives of counselors and leaders called by God and accepted for service at the Christian Counseling Center of First Presbyterian Church should give evidence of the following:

1. A personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 9:23-26)
2. Life of service empowered by the Holy Spirit (Mark 10:45, Galatians 5:23)
3. Biblical integrity in personal and professional relationship (Hebrews 10:24-25)
4. Commitment to active prayer life (Luke 18:1)
5. A lifestyle of holiness, in obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Peter 1:14-16)
6. Commitment to evangelism and discipleship (Matthew 28:18-20)
7. A continuing regular relationship with the Body of Christ in the local church

Therefore, I affirm and believe:

8. In the divine inspiration, inerrancy, infallibility, and final authority of the Bible as the Word of God;
9. In the eternal God revealed in Holy Scripture as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
10. In the unique Deity of Jesus Christ, Gods only Son, whose death and resurrection provide by grace through faith the only means of my salvation;
11. In the transforming presence and power of the Holy Spirit
12. That the Bible is the authoritative Word of God.
13. That there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
14. In the deity and humanity of Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His present rule as Head of the Church, and in His personal return in power and glory.
15. That salvation is based on the sacrifice of Christ and regeneration by the Holy Spirit.
16. In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
17. In the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting punishment of the lost.
18. In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, with equality across racial, sex, and class differences.
19. In the Biblical accuracy of the standards of the First Presbyterian Church, including the Westminster Confession of Faith, and have no major objections to such standards that would hinder my ability to serve as an evangelical Christian counselor.
20. That sexuality is a gift given from God. His revealed design for sexuality is for its expression exclusively within the bounds of the marriage covenant instituted between one man and one woman. Additionally, there are only two genders (male and female) which are meant to correspond with our biological sex. Finally, I agree that if I change any statement of faith or theological value, belief, or opinion such that it is contrary to those set forth above, I will notify the director of the Christian Counseling Center.

Primary Contact: Brian Mesimer Email: info@christiancounseling.ws Phone: 803-779-1995 Apply Online: View