This book, Assembly Required, is about knowing where your place is in the Body of Christ knowing where you fit, and allowing God to fasten you there so that the Body of Christ may function fittingly. It is God s design for the Body of Christ to function with you; therefore, without you something s missing, and it won t be able to do what God has designed it to do. Dr. Ferdinand Johnson was born again on February 18, 1979. He Johnson answered the call of God to preach and teach the Gospel as a full-time minister evangelist, and was ordained in 1992 through World Ministry Fellowship International. He became a full-time pastor in 1994 after fifteen years of ministry as a street evangelist (like his grandfather), traveling musician (like his father) and inner city evangelist, associate pastor, Church elder and administrator, and television preacher. Dr. Johnson has earned an Associate s Degree in Biblical Studies, a Bachelor s Degree in Christian Ministry, a Master s Degree of Divinity in Christian Counseling and a Doctor of Christian Ministry. Dr. Johnson is an American Society of Christian Therapists (ASCT) certified Christian marriage and family therapist, and is also a Board Certified Therapist and graduate of the Therapon Institute in Texas. Dr. Johnson has a total of thirty-two years of ministry. Of that, he served as Sr. Pastor of Redemptive Life Family Church for eighteen years, from 1994-2012. He is currently serving as volunteer Clergy Chaplain Liaison for the Houston Police Department and the Westside Division Leader for PACA (PDL), and as overseer to several sons and daughters in the five-fold office. "Too many believers are unsatisfied with where they are; because they are not fulfilling their assignment in life. It grieves me to see believers vying for a position that they are not assigned to from God, nor qualified to do. I pray that the Holy Spirit will open our understanding so that we all will appreciate that we were uniquely made and designed by God in a special and distinctive way for service unto Him." - Ferdinand J. Johnson

Healing from past wounds requires hard work. It involves effectively examining of an individual's past, as well as remaining conscientious of the changes in his or her present behavior, thinking, and spiritual life. But what if, after all of that listening and examining, you still don't know what to say, what to do, or where to start? The Pastoral Counseling Handbook offers the much needed message of hope for the hurting and for those who desire to help them. Based on the healing work of Christ, author Ruth Hetzendorfer uses her personal experience of years of counseling to provide the steps and ideas to help you gain understanding and wisdom, and more effectively counsel others.