{"id":9454,"count":3,"description":"Ernie has the privilege of serving as Pastor of Counseling at First Baptist of Jacksonville, FL where he helps oversee pastoral care and the Grace Center for Biblical Counseling.\n\nHe received his M.Div. from Capital Bible Seminary, and his D.Min. in Pastoral Counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary.\u00a0Dr. Baker has been in ministry since 1980. Twenty-five of these years were spent in pastoral ministry which included training and equipping pastors and laymen in the skills of discipleship counseling and conciliation before serving as Professor of Biblical Counseling at The Master\u2019s University and Seminary. He is thankful to return to pastoral ministry now.\n\nHe is a Certified Conciliator with The Institute for Christian Conciliation and teaches a number of conflict resolution courses along with doing conciliation. He is also a Fellow with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors, a Council Board member of the Biblical Counseling Coalition. At The Master\u2019s University and Seminary, he oversees the on-line Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Counseling degree and serves as an adjunct professor in the graduate degrees at the University and seminary. \u00a0It has been his privilege to teach biblical counseling and conciliation in numerous foreign countries.\n\nHe and Rose have three sons and three daughters (five of whom are married, and eight grandchildren). \u00a0Ernie is the author of:\u00a0<em>Marry Wisely, Marry Well; a blueprint for personal preparation<\/em>\u00a0(Shepherd Press);\u00a0<em>Help! I\u2019m in a Conflict (<\/em>Shepherd Press); contributing author to\u00a0<em>Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>(Harvest House);\u00a0<em>Scripture and Counseling, God\u2019s Word for Life in a Broken World<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>(Zondervan);\u00a0<em>Men Counseling Men<\/em>\u00a0(Harvest House);\u00a0<em>Biblical Counseling and the Church, God\u2019s Help Through God\u2019s People<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>(Zondervan);\u00a0<em>What Happened in the Garden, the Reality and Ramifications of the Fall<\/em>\u00a0(Kregel) and numerous journal and magazine articles. Along with enjoying relationship with the Lord and his family, Ernie enjoys gardening, hunting and studying the American Civil War. 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