Our Leadership

As the Founder and Executive Director, John Henderson serves as the primary consultant of the Center for Church Equipping. For the past 25 years, John has served as a pastor, seminary professor, biblical counselor, author, and speaker committed to helping churches develop ministries of biblical counseling and care. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of North Texas and has served as a counseling pastor and associate pastor in churches in Texas, Virginia, and Arkansas.

John serves as an Associate Professor of Biblical Counseling and Practical Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS). He authored Equipped to Counsel and Catching Foxes along with other works on biblical counseling, pastoral ministry, marriage, family, and the church’s unique privilege and responsibility to counsel God’s word. His passion is to help churches become increasingly equipped to bring the riches of Christ and the wisdom of Scripture to the ordinary struggles of life.