Welcome Aaron's Aid Online Christian Counseling founded in 2002 by Pastor Mark Thompson as an extended outreach of his local
counseling ministry. Building upon a Biblical foundation in Systematic Theology, “Pastor Mark” has helped many individuals to receive
both physical and inner healing. His
approach is "holistic”, meaning that he believes that true healing
always affects the “whole being”
- body, soul, and spirit. Unlike
many so-called holistic remedies in use today, the roots of this unique
ministry do not connect ancient
mysticism to new age philosophy. It relies instead on sound Biblical doctrine and an experiential personal faith in God.
“My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words.
Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart;
for they are life to those who find them & health to a man’s
whole body”. - Pr. 4:20-23
“May God Himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and
through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept
blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ”. - 1Thes. 5:23
“Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and
that all may go well with you …” - 3 Jn. 1:2
Pastor
Mark is an ordained minister and a certified counselor specializing in
family and marriage, crisis intervention, and substance
abuse recovery.
He has experience helping people overcome addictive, compulsive
disorders, and self esteem issues. He believes
that God wants to heal,
that God can absolutely heal, and that God will completely heal our
whole being - body, soul, and spirit, if
only we let Him.
As he gained a better understanding of the then relatively
new frontier, he became aware of the millions of people searching the
Internet for self-improvement, guidance, and mentoring. He noticed too, how
few websites promote any substantial remedy for
these important things. Many
great ideas don’t necessarily have mass appeal. Acting as a step of
faith that God has cast the vision,
he opened this site as is, to
attract whoever might be interested in this type of offer.
His
offer is this: request personal counseling from Pastor Mark. Don’t
disqualify yourself because you didn’t see any specific
mention of your
particular need. Don’t put God in a box. Trust He will use this
ministry to deliver YOUR healing, whatever that may be.
QUALIFICATIONS
As stated, Pastor Mark deals with the
whole being and will endeavor to treat you completely so that soon you
can honestly say
that you are free indeed! Pastor Mark began his
ministry in 1978 and has extensive experience. Since his foundation is
Biblical,
throughout your sessions Pastor Mark will show the Scriptural
basis for his advice. He is a certified Marriage & Family Counselor
with credentials form the American Association of Christian Counselors
(AACC). He is also a graduate of Life Pacific College
with degrees in
Pastoral Ministries and Theology. He served as pastor in three
congregations 1980 – 2002. He has been a
full-time counselor since.
PHILOSOPHY of MINISTRY
Regarding treatment, he is firm
in his conviction that competent counsel can remedy most debility within
six to ten hourly
(50-minute) sessions. Sadly, there are too many exploitative counselors, psychologists, and mental health “experts” who
tend to try to perpetuate their counseling relationships for job
security. Such tend to perpetuate the counselor - client relationship,
needlessly. The majority of services are being
offered “pro-Bono” (for free). So obviously, Pastor Mark is not going to
engage you
beyond the necessary time. Therefore, before he agrees to
counsel anyone, he establishes with them a specific time-line. You
will
know beforehand exactly where he hopes to go, and how long he
anticipates the journey to take.
This is good for two reasons:
Time is life’s only non-renewable commodity. Time wasted is, well - just wasted.
Conversely, Time Spent Wisely, Always Reaps Reward!
Pastor Mark is also a theologian and has authored several articles related to the Christian Faith. They are available @ MJThompson's Theology Blog.