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CornField Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-11 11:42 AM
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New Bachmann church tied to family’s Christian counseling clinics, ex-gay therapy
The Bachmanns' Christian counseling clinics -- which Michele Bachmann still won't discuss directly with the media -- have been referring people to and receiving referrals from the family's new church. How convenient.

http://iowaindependent.com/59587/new-bachmann-church-tied-to-familys-christian-counseling-clinics



... As it turns out, both Eagle Brook Church and Bachmann & Associates refer out to each other. Becker said Wiertzema told him Eagle Brook was “a good solid church,” well-known and well-attended. The Eagle Brook Church website refers church members seeking marriage counseling to Bachmann & Associates on its Marriage & Family resources page. The church recommends only one other counseling center in the area: Family Innovations.

On a Marriage & Family blog post from April 2009, Marcus Bachmann posted a message stating:

Bachmann & Associates Christian Counseling is honored to be in the marital healing and restoration business. We are trully seeing couples restored, Christ is transforming peoples lives with a work of our skilled counselors and the principles of God’s word. Christ is the Almighty Counselor and we are in awe of what man would call irreparable, God brings wholeness and healing.
Thank-you for allowing us to partner with Eagle Brook.
Marcus Bachmann

In a statement emailed to The Independent, Eagle Brook Church explained that it has partnered with Bachmann & Associates since 2003 and only refers attendants seeking biblical counseling to the Bachmann business and Family Innovations due to positive opinions from church members. ...
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-11 11:45 AM
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1. Should articles on Bachmann be in the Presidency Forum? She'll NEVER be President.
;)
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-11 12:26 PM
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2. Now I think I know one reason she changed to this church.
It gives her the ability to meet with over 13,000 at the church.
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