Serve With RHM
Serve With Restoring Hope Ministries
as a Biblical Counseling Contractor
Restoring Hope Ministries partners with qualified biblical counselors who desire to provide Christ-centered care rooted in the authority, sufficiency, and wisdom of Scripture.
Serving Clients Throughout the United States
Restoring Hope Ministries provides biblical counseling and ministry care throughout the United States, subject to ministry capacity, counselor availability, and state-specific legal, ethical, and insurance review. Because requirements may vary by state, RHM prayerfully reviews each service context before assigning care.
RHM welcomes contractor inquiries from qualified biblical counselors across the United States. Contractor approval and client assignment depend on ministry fit, training completion, supervision participation, documentation compliance, state-specific review, and applicable legal/insurance considerations.
"Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight…"
— 1 Peter 5:2
Our Counseling Philosophy
Restoring Hope Ministries is committed to biblical counseling that holds tightly to Scripture while caring wisely for the real burdens people carry. We believe God's Word speaks with authority, truth, mercy, and hope into the struggles of life. Counselors serving with RHM are expected to approach care with humility, theological faithfulness, compassion, ethical responsibility, and a willingness to grow.
Scriptural Authority
Counseling must be rooted in the Word of God and applied carefully to the counselee's situation.
Biblical Ethics
Counselors must protect clients, honor confidentiality, maintain appropriate boundaries, and serve with integrity.
Careful Discernment
RHM expects counselors to seek wisdom, supervision, and support when complex needs arise.
Compassionate Presence
Counselees are image-bearers who must be treated with dignity, patience, and care.
Accountability and Oversight
Faithful ministry requires structure, supervision, documentation, and review.
Who Should Apply?
RHM welcomes inquiries from biblical counselors who are committed to Christ, Scripture, and ethical ministry care.
- Faithful to biblical doctrine and committed to Scripture as the foundation for care.
- Teachable, humble, and willing to receive supervision.
- Comfortable working within an organized ministry structure.
- Committed to confidentiality, documentation, and care guidelines.
- Able to communicate clearly with clients and ministry leadership.
- Willing to complete RHM-required training before seeing clients.
- Able to discern when a care issue requires supervision, referral, mandated reporting review, or additional support.
- Committed to protecting the integrity of the ministry and the safety of those being served.
"Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ."
— Ephesians 4:15
Contractor Compensation Overview
Restoring Hope Ministries uses an internal contractor compensation structure that considers the counselor's approved billable work, active client load, supervision needs, ministry overhead, documentation expectations, and the level of care being provided.
RHM recognizes that counseling work involves more than the session itself. Faithful care often includes preparation, prayer, documentation, follow-up, review, consultation, continuing education, and ethical discernment. Because of this, RHM has developed a structured compensation model that increases as approved client load and ministry responsibility increase.
Compensation details are discussed internally.
RHM does not publish the full contractor pay structure publicly because compensation depends on internal ministry factors. To learn more, please begin the contractor inquiry process. Specific compensation details are discussed during onboarding.
Compensation considerations may include:
- Approved billable client load and client fee structure
- Ministry overhead and supervision model
- Documentation requirements and client care complexity
- State-specific review and insurance considerations
- Counselor readiness and approval status
"Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful."
— 1 Corinthians 4:2
Supervision and Care Oversight
All contractors serving with RHM are expected to participate in supervision and care oversight. Supervision is not optional — it is part of RHM's commitment to biblical faithfulness, client protection, counselor support, and ethical ministry practice.
- One-on-one supervision
- Group supervision
- Case consultation and documentation review
- Short check-ins for complex client situations
- Ethical care review and training reinforcement
"Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed."
— Proverbs 15:22
Required Training Before Seeing Clients
All biblical counseling contractors must complete required RHM training before being approved to see clients.
Biblical Ethics
Introduces RHM's expectations for ethical biblical care, confidentiality, boundaries, documentation, discernment, and ministry accountability.
Learn more →Advanced Biblical Interventions
Helps counselors understand RHM's approach to applying Scripture wisely in more complex care situations.
Learn more →Each course is currently offered at $99 per course, unless otherwise stated during onboarding. Completion does not automatically guarantee contractor approval or client assignment.
Ministry Fit and Approval Process
Submitting an inquiry does not guarantee approval as a contractor. RHM reviews each potential contractor carefully because client care is a sacred responsibility.
- Contractor inquiry form and initial ministry review
- Review of training, experience, and biblical counseling alignment
- Discussion of compensation structure (internal)
- State-specific review as applicable
- Completion of required RHM courses (Biblical Ethics and Advanced Interventions)
- Review of documentation expectations and supervision requirements
- Written contractor agreement
- Final leadership approval
- Client assignment only after approval
Employment vs. Contract Work
Restoring Hope Ministries may work with individuals in different ways depending on ministry need, role structure, supervision requirements, state-specific review, and applicable law. Some workers may be employees, while others may serve as independent contractors under a written contractor agreement.
RHM takes worker classification seriously because the difference between an employee and an independent contractor affects taxes, benefits, supervision, scheduling, legal responsibilities, insurance, and ministry operations. This page is designed to provide general education. Final classification decisions require internal review and may require legal, tax, insurance, or professional guidance.
What Is an Employee?
An employee generally works under the direction and control of an organization. The organization may control not only the outcome of work, but also how, when, and where it is performed.
More likely when the organization:
- Sets the worker's schedule
- Closely directs how work is performed
- Provides ongoing supervision
- Provides tools, systems, and materials
- Evaluates performance as staff
- Expects primarily exclusive service
- Treats the role as ongoing staff
What Is an Independent Contractor?
An independent contractor is generally a self-employed individual providing services under contract. Contractors are typically responsible for their own taxes, expenses, development, tools, methods, and business operations.
More likely when the worker:
- Operates an independent business
- Controls how services are performed
- Can accept or decline work
- Carries business expenses and risk
- Uses professional judgment
- Works under written agreement
- May serve other organizations
Key Differences Between Employees and Contractors
| Area | Employee | Contractor |
|---|---|---|
| Control | Org directs how, when, where | Contractor controls methods |
| Taxes | Payroll taxes withheld | Self-employment taxes |
| Schedule | Org assigns or controls | Contractor controls availability |
| Tools & Systems | Org provides | Contractor may provide |
| Benefits | May be eligible | Usually not eligible |
| Supervision | Direct management oversight | Care oversight without staff management |
| Business Risk | Usually limited | Contractor carries risk |
| Relationship | Ongoing, integrated staff | Written service agreement |
Why Classification Matters
Correct classification protects the worker, the ministry, and the people being served. Misclassification can create tax, wage, insurance, unemployment, worker's compensation, and compliance concerns.
RHM does not classify someone as an independent contractor merely because both parties prefer that arrangement. Classification depends on the actual facts of the working relationship.
Ministry Oversight Is Not the Same as Employment Control
RHM requires supervision and oversight because biblical counseling involves spiritual care, ethical responsibility, confidentiality, documentation, and client protection. However, supervision for ethical care is not intended to function as ordinary employee management.
RHM may require:
- Biblical ethics and intervention training
- Documentation standards and confidentiality compliance
- Case consultation and supervision participation
- State-specific review and client care guidelines
- Use of approved systems such as TheraNest
How This Applies to RHM Contractors
RHM's biblical counseling contractors may provide approved counseling services under a written contractor agreement. Contractor approval does not automatically make a person an employee of RHM.
Contractors are expected to follow RHM's biblical ethics, confidentiality standards, documentation requirements, supervision expectations, and client care policies. These requirements help protect clients and preserve the integrity of the ministry. At the same time, RHM must be careful that contractor relationships remain consistent with applicable independent contractor standards. This is why RHM reviews each arrangement carefully and may seek legal, tax, insurance, or professional guidance before approving a contractor role.
Wisconsin and State-Specific Review
Because RHM may serve clients throughout the United States, each contractor arrangement may require state-specific review. Wisconsin has specific worker classification standards, and because rules may differ by state, RHM reviews the counselor's location, the client's location, the type of service being offered, applicable reporting obligations, insurance considerations, and the structure of the contractor relationship before approving services.
A worker is not considered an independent contractor simply because the worker or organization says so; the facts of the relationship must satisfy the applicable legal test.
Disclaimer
Restoring Hope Ministries provides biblical counseling and ministry care rooted in Scripture. RHM is not a substitute for emergency services, medical care, legal counsel, or licensed mental health treatment when such services are needed. Contractor opportunities are reviewed internally and are subject to ministry approval, training completion, supervision requirements, documentation compliance, applicable legal and insurance review, and board-approved standards. Availability of services may vary by state. RHM reviews each counseling arrangement with discernment and may seek legal, insurance, or professional guidance before approving services in a particular location. Compensation details are discussed during the internal contractor inquiry process.
Begin the Contractor Inquiry Process
If you are a biblical counselor who desires to serve clients with Scripture, wisdom, compassion, and ethical accountability, we invite you to begin the inquiry process. RHM leadership will review your inquiry and determine appropriate next steps.
Submitting an inquiry does not guarantee approval, contractor status, compensation, or client assignment.
