The mission of the Journal of Biblical Counseling (JBC) is to develop clearer thinking and effective practice in biblical counseling. We seek to do this through publishing articles that faithfully bring the God of truth, mercy and power to the issues that face the pastoral ministries of counseling and discipleship.

Submissions to the Journal of Biblical Counseling are welcome. If you would like to submit an article for review, please follow the instructions below.

Submission Instructions

Before you decide to submit an article for consideration, please familiarize yourself with how we operate by reading “JBC Article Guidelines” and “JBC Editing Process and Philosophy.”

If you would then like to have an article considered for publication in the JBC, please submit two documents to the editorial team.

• First, prepare an article proposal, available here. Your proposal can be for a book review, a case study, a practical “toolbox” piece, or a full-length article.
• Second, send the manuscript itself. Please rename both files to include your last name. Submit these files as attachments to an email addressed to the JBC managing editor (kmonroe@ccef.org).

You will receive an email acknowledgement that your article has been received. Proposals will be evaluated as our time permits. JBC is a small operation! There are seasons near publication date when we get too busy to review new submissions. But in the email acknowledgment, we will give you a time frame of when you can expect an answer.

If your article is approved for publication, you will be asked to sign a licensing agreement that specifies your rights as an author and ours as the publisher. We do not normally complete this agreement until the article is ready for publication in a specific issue.