CAP began with two churches as a pilot project in 2006. We are pleased that CAP has been able to serve a growing number of churches for their counselling ministry. Each year the total number of CAP churches increases! Each church that has started with CAP has since continued it.
Current CAP Churches
CAP is open to churches from any denomination.
Below is a list of current CAP churches. Scroll down further for some reflections about CAP from clients, churches and psychotherapists.
Alderwood United Church, Etobicoke
Alliston Christian Reformed Church, Alliston
All Nations Christian Fellowship, Toronto
Ancaster Village Church, Ancaster
Athens Christian Reformed Church, Athens
Bethany Christian Reformed Church, Bloomfield
Bethany Christian Reformed Church, Fenwick
Bethel Church, Acton
Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Brockville
Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Listowel
Bethel Christian Reformed Church, London
Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Newmarket
Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Waterdown
Blenheim Christian Reformed Church, Blenheim
Bronte Seventh Day Adventist Church, Oakville
Dresden Christian Reformed Church, Dresden
Calvary Christian Reformed Church, Flamborough
Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Ottawa
Cephas Christian Reformed Church, Peterborough
Clearview Christian Reformed Church, Oakville
Community Christian Reformed Church, Dixon Corner’s
Community Christian Reformed Church, Frankford
Community Christian Reformed Church, Kitchener
Covenant Christian Reformed Church, Woodstock
Desert Stream Church, Belleville
Discovery Church. Bowmanville
Ebenezer Christian Reformed Church, Jarvis
Emmanuel Baptist Church, Bloomfield
Eucharist Church, Hamilton
Faith Christian Reformed Church, Burlington
Faith Reformed Church, Kingsville
Fellowship Christian Reformed Church, Brighton
First Baptist Church, Tillsonburg
First Christian Reformed Church, Barrie
First Christian Reformed Church, Hamilton
First Christian Reformed Church, Guelph
First Christian Reformed Church, Kingston
First Christian Reformed Church, Sarnia
First Christian Reformed Church, Toronto
Forward City Church, Chatham
Grace Community Christian Reformed Church, Ancaster
Gateway Church, Caledonia
Georgetown Christian Reformed Church, Georgetown
Grace Christian Reformed Church, Chatham
Grace Christian Reformed Church, Cobourg
Grace Christian Reformed Church, Scarborough
Hamilton Legacy Church, Hamilton
Hamilton Mennonite Church, Hamilton
Hebron Church, Whitby
Hope Fellowship Church, Courtice
Hope Church, Port Perry
Immanuel Christian Reformed Church, Brampton
Immanuel Christian Reformed Church, Hamilton
Ingersoll Christian Reformed Church, Ingersoll
Jennings Creek Christian Reformed Church, Lindsay
Jubilee Fellowship Christian Reformed Church, St. Catharines
Kingsville Faith Reformed Church, Kingsville
King’s Community Church, Oakville
Living Hope Christian Reformed Church, Sarnia
Maitland River Community Church, Wingham
Maple Creek Community Church, Dunnville
Maranatha Christian Reformed Church, Bowmanville
Maranatha Christian Reformed Church, Cambridge
Maranatha Christian Reformed Church, Woodstock
Maranatha Christian Reformed Church, York
Meadowlands Fellowship Christian Reformed Church, Ancaster
Meadowvale Christian Reformed Church, Mississauga
New Hope Church, Hamilton
New Life Christian Reformed Church, Guelph
Owen Sound Christian Reformed Church, Owen Sound
The Parish, Peterborough
Paramount Drive Alliance Church, Stoney Creek
Pathway Church, Peterborough
Providence Christian Reformed Church, Beamsville
Redeemer Alliance Church, Ottawa
Redeemer Christian Reformed Church, Sarnia
Rehoboth Christian Reformed Church, Bowmanville
Stratford Christian Reformed Church, Stratford
The Hamilton Fellowships, Hamilton
Tillsonburg Christian Reformed Church, Tillsonburg
First Baptist Church, Tillsonburg
Trinity Christian Reformed Church, St. Catharines
Village Church, Thorold
Waterloo Christian Reformed Church, Waterloo
Wallaceburg Christian Reformed Church, Wallaceburg
Westside Fellowship Christian Reformed Church, Kingston
Willowdale Christian Reformed Church, Willowdale
Wyoming Christian Reformed Church, Wyoming
Zion Christian Reformed Church, Oshawa
Reflections From CAP Clients
I can’t imagine going back (to not having CAP).
In CAP client surveys, 95% said they would recommend the use of CAP to a family member or another church. 49% had never accessed counselling support prior to CAP.
I think people would hesitate to volunteer for any counselling if there were strings attached somewhere. Through CAP, it is easier to talk about this program, so it becomes user friendly and individuals use it because it’s easy. It’s easy to use. You don’t have to go through your pastor. You don’t have to go through your elder or your deacon. You just call it up.
CAP has been a great support with the church offering this help. If I have to pay for this, it is a strain, on top of all the other losses, and health. If having to pay, it would feel like a bought service, rather than a gift from the church, to help through very trying times.
When it started, I thought, “Ah, big deal. Who would use this?” And after a year or two, all of a sudden, I find that it’s fully used, and it was a shock for me. We are in the deacons to help and heal, and to me, that is a prime example of our duty.
For me it also means that I don’t have to research and interview all the counsellors in this area so that I have an idea of who I could refer someone to. Or I’m not scrambling to talk to my colleagues and say “Someone made this request. Who would you recommend?” Because honestly I don’t have the expertise even in some ways to be able to carry some of that out.
You know, the redemption that God brings to us in Christ is body, soul, spirit. CAP allows us, as a church, to sort of highlight that element of God’s redemption that includes psychological and social aspects that people sometimes struggle with, and to find healing in those areas. We can do a lot of physical help, you know, hands-on help with people. We can do a lot of spiritual counselling. I can do that. But as soon as it gets into psychological then it’s out of our field.
It’s cheap. To be quite crass, it’s all about money for me. We’re not having to hire an on-site counsellor, we’re not having to assume the legal liability of providing very personal counselling sessions to people, there’s a built-in confidentiality because it’s not happening on-site. There’s just all kinds of reasons why it’s a very good win-win situation from a purely administrative point of view. The transfer of liability is extremely attractive to me right off the pop, and it’s cheaper than hiring a full-time person.