CCBT Partnerships
Looking Forward 10 Years
The network of church associated with CCBT is the largest network of churches focused on CBT in the world.
CCBT in Dallas is an critical catalytic support partner for the network of churches practicing CBT.
Local seminaries, bible schools and other ministries collaborate with the CCBT and the network.
Churches on every continent and in 50 countries around the world are part of the network.
A recognized non-formal certification process (i.e. commission or ordination) is embraced by all churches in the network.
Churches in the network are consistently planting new churches with mature trained leaders coming out of network churches.
Churches in the network embrace facilitated learning as the preferred model of adult learning.
Churches In the network embrace an intentional discipleship pathway.
Churches in the network are developing new materials and sharing those with other members of the network through CCBT.
Regional groups of churches collaborate to strengthen the network globally.
A commitment to train effective facilitators and coaches in new network churches is embraced by all churches.
Addendum: Epilogue Leadership Baton
You don’t have to be Partner to engage with us
Registered member Benefits
- CCBT Facebook “friend” upon request.
- 20% off Discount Coupon with Resources
- Connect with a CBT consultant/practioner
To be eligible for a free partnership
- Give us a call or email.
We want to add you to our resource list
Are you a Church Consultant, Curriculum Writer, Missionary/Pastor/Church Planter or an agency that serves them?
Does our cause work together with yours?
We are trying to create a clearinghouse of resources and providers that can assist churches in this mission.
If that is you, contact us and let’s do this together!
Our Network of Practitioners
Bruce B. Miller
Bruce B. Miller is the Founder and Senior Pastor of Christ Fellowship. He has degrees from the University of Texas in Austin and Dallas Theological Seminary, where he taught theology for four years. He did his doctoral work at the University of Texas at Dallas. Bruce also serves as a speaker and consultant for the Centers of Church Based Training, which he helped found. Bruce and his wife Tamara live in McKinney, Texas. They have five grown children and three grandchildren.
David Buckert
Dave has been part of the Staff of CCBT since 2007. He currently serves as the Director for Confia Publishers and Spanish Language Director.
Ditmar Pauck
Ditmar and his wife Maura share the same calling: to assist new leaders (both lay and vocational) in developing countries through teaching, mentoring, counseling, and sharing life together. Ditmar has a Doctor of Ministry Degree and Maura an M.A. in Christian Education from Dallas Theological Seminary – both with an emphasis on Leadership Development. Since 2002, They have been ministering in Sao Paulo, Brazil where Ditmar is a pastor in their local church and leads in their church planting initiative. He is also Director of the Church Based Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Free Church denomination. Ditmar and Maura have been instrumental in designing and developing the curriculum for the seminary and have taught both professional and lay leaders since 2003. Their vision is to awaken the Brazilian church to a balanced, healthy growth through whole-life equipping of leadership in the context of the local church.
Felipe Vazquez
Felipe Vazquez was born and raised in Mexico City. As an adolescent, he came to personal faith in Jesus Christ after several years of spiritual searching. As a young person, Felipe learned much of what he knew about God through personal study of the word, close association with his pastor and serving in the local church. Felipe has served as a missionary, a church elder, a pastor and a church planter. Currently Felipe is serving as pastor of the Piedras Vivas Church in Toluca, Mexico, where he is using the CCBT Discovery Series as a method of training local leadership. Felipe is one of our catalysts and has been effective in helping other pastors to grasp the principles of church-based training. He represents this ministry effectively throughout Mexico. He is married to Eva and they have three children.
Gary Jones
Gary has served as a consultant/practioner with CCBT for the last 12 years. First as a Catalyst missionary in the Dominican Republic and now as a pastor on staff in Tucson, Arizona.
Eric Paul
Eric Paul has been the Senior Pastor of Beth El Bible Church in El Paso, Texas since 1990. All of the staff of Beth El has been raised from within the church. Pastor Eric has also planted three churches in India and is additionally involved in the ministry REAP India, a ministry led by Dr. Jaya Kumar that has planted approximately 18,000 churches over the past 25 years. Eric has been involved in helping to develop some of the CCBT curriculum. In addition to facilitating church based training in his own church, he has trained facilitators in India. He has a heart to see people passionately pursue Jesus through developing a Biblical worldview and living out 2 Timothy 2:2 in our lives. He lives with his wife, Pat, a school teacher, in El Paso, TX and their daughter, Karis.
Dave Stoner
Dave currently serves as Chairman of the Board for CCBT. He has also been an efficitve facilitator of courses in a local church and is a great resource to assist with churches who desire to begin to implement CBT in their church.