EP. 218 Biblicare: Everything You Need to Run Your Counseling Ministry W/Founder Dr. Bob Olender

Michael interviews Bob from Biblicare about a church-focused counseling platform that supports the full counseling workflow from intake forms, scheduling, session notes, and homework to analysis, reporting, and ministry oversight. Bob shares his ministry and programming background, including work with a missions agency, and explains Biblicare’s origin after a seminary friend with a large church needed a system beyond spreadsheets to prevent counselees from slipping through the cracks. They discuss how Biblicare helps churches create structure, improve administration, and give pastors visibility into counseling activity, trends, and aggregate data for training and budgeting, while also providing ongoing onboarding, coaching, and proactive support as a family-run company.

00:00 Conference Intro
00:43 Meet Bob
01:51 Origin Story
03:39 Church Need Emerges
05:49 Family Built Company
07:29 Kingdom Infrastructure Vision
09:31 What Biblicare Does
10:55 Onboarding and Process Design
13:01 Oversight and Reporting
17:23 Crisis Support and Coaching
22:24 Cookie Factory Care
25:45 Final Advice and Contact
29:15 Wrap Up

Episode Mentions
Biblicare Software