About Emmaus
“Walking alongside you towards wholeness…”
Our mission is to creatively and intentionally renew our clients’ capacities for personal healing and growth in a professional, confidential, affordable, and spiritually-based manner.
Core Values
Many people in the Christian community are in need of counseling services. However, there remain concerns about possible disregard for one’s spiritual beliefs. ERCC’s core values are to provide excellent counseling that integrates psychotherapy and spirituality. ERCC is therefore committed to hire trainee, associate, and licensed practitioners that share those same values.
Our History
In October 2007, Emmaus Road Christian Counseling (ERCC) was founded by Drs. Terry and Gayle Samples as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation for the purpose of providing counseling to a handful of students enrolled at Life Pacific College in San Dimas, California.
It wasn’t too long before the counseling services expanded to include the entire population at Life Pacific College,
local Foursquare pastors, their staff members and their churches. ERCC’s previous partnerships include Christian organizations such as the Los Angeles Dream Center, Stepping Stones for Women, and Agape Resource Ministries, as well numerous local churches.
It is our desire to see the body of Christ whole in body, mind, and spirit.
We love building partnerships and walking alongside others in their journey towards wholeness! To date, ERCC has been involved in the training of over a hundred Christian counselors, as well as provided counseling services to thousands of individuals. We are thankful for the opportunities that God has given us and look forward to many more years serving God’s people.
Our Name: Emmaus
“Emmaus,” pronounced (eh-MAY-us), comes from Luke’s account of Jesus and several of his disciples along a road towards a village called Emmaus–hence the name Emmaus Road.
THE DISCIPLES EXPERIENCED GREAT DISCOURAGEMENT.
THEN, JESUS HIMSELF APPEARED, WALKED ALONG WITH THEM, LISTENED TO THEIR HEARTS, AND ENCOURAGED THEM BY REMINDING THEM OF WHO HE IS. HE TOOK HIS TIME WITH THEM.
HE STAYED WITH THEM UNTIL THEY RECOGNIZED HIM.
Luke 24:13-35