Community Resources


Biola's surrounding community also offers excellent resources that can be a source of help and support as you deal with your particular area of struggle. If Student Development can assist you in connecting with any of the agencies listed below, please let us know. It is our strong desire that you receive the help you need and feel connected to someone in the journey of healing.

Abortion Recovery

Irvine: Saddleback Church       www.Saddleback Church.org
Costa Mesa: Rock Harbor       Life Care Pastor 714-384-0914

Addictions/Substance Abuse

Irvine: Mariners Church       Christians with addictions       Care Coordinator 949-854-7030
Irvine: Saddleback Church       Celebrate Recovery       www.Saddleback Church.org
Yorba Linda: Yorba Linda Friends Church       Men's Chemical Addiction       www.ylfc.org
Yorba Linda: Yorba Linda Friends Church       Women's Chemical Addiction       www.ylfc.org
Yorba Linda: Yorba Linda Friends Church       Women's Food addiction       www.ylfc.org
Anaheim: Anaheim Vineyard       Alcohol/Chemical Dependency       Pastor of Pastoral Care/Recovery Solutions 714-777-4777
Anaheim: Anaheim Vineyard       AA Meetings       Pastor of Pastoral Care/Recovery Solutions 714-777-4777
Online: Los Angeles CADA       Drug and Alcohol education classes       www.lacada.com/
Costa Mesa: Rock Harbor       Men's substance abuse and addiction       Life Care Pastor 714-384-0914
Costa Mesa: Rock Harbor       Women's substance abuse and addiction       Life Care Pastor 714-384-0914

Anger Management

Anaheim: Anaheim Vineyard       Pastor of Pastoral Care/Recovery Solutions 714-777-4777
Online: Los Angeles       CADA       www.lacada.com/
Irvine: Mariners Church       Care Coordinator 949-854-7030
Irvine: Saddleback Church       Celebrate Recovery        www.Saddleback Church.org
Whittier: city services       Intercommunity groups- anger management       Director of Community Services 562-464-3360

Anxiety/Depression

Irvine: Mariners Church       Care Coordinator 949-854-7030
Irvine: Saddleback Church       www.Saddleback Church.org
Online: NAMI       Depression, Bi Polar       Online resource for Mental Illness       www.nami.org

Cancer Support

Costa Mesa: Rock Harbor       Cancer Wellness       Life Care Pastor 714-384-0914

Co-Dependency

Anaheim: Anaheim Vineyard       Co-dependency group       Pastor of Pastoral Care/Recovery Solutions 714-777-4777
Irvine: Mariners Church       Women's Co-dependency       Care Coordinator 949-854-7030
Irvine: Saddleback Church       Celebrate Recovery       www.Saddleback Church.org
Yorba Linda: Yorba Linda Friends Church       Women's Co-dependency       www.ylfc.org

Counseling

La Mirada: Biola Counseling Center       562-903-4800 www.biola.edu/offices/bcc/
Brea: city services       714-990-7150 www.ci.brea.ca.us/
Garden Grove: Crystal Cathedral       New Hope Live Counseling       www.newhopenow.org
Fullerton: Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton       Lay Counseling       Pastor of Counseling Ministries 714-257-4316
La Mirada: city services       Straight Talk Counseling       (562) 943-0195
Online: Los Angeles       CADA       www.lacada.com/
Irvine: Mariners Church       Peer Counseling       Care Coordinator 949-854-7030
Costa Mesa: Rock Harbor       Life Care Counseling       Life Care Pastor 714-384-0914
Costa Mesa: Rock Harbor       Pre-Marital       Life Care Pastor 714-384-0914
Whittier: city services       Intercommunity Counseling Center       Director of Community Services 562-464-3360

Eating Disorders

Irvine: Saddleback Church       Lose it for Life Overeating       www.Saddleback Church.org
Irvine: Saddleback Church       Eating Disorder Support Group       www.Saddleback Church.org
Irvine: Saddleback Church       Celebrate Recovery       www.Saddleback Church.org

Grief

Fullerton: Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton       Pastor of Counseling Ministries 714-257-4316
Irvine: Mariners Church       Care Coordinator 949-854-7030
Costa Mesa: Rock Harbor       Life Care Pastor 714-384-0914
Irvine: Saddleback Church       www.Saddleback Church.org
Whittier: city services       Intercommunity groups- Grief Recovery       Director of Community Services 562-464-3360

Same Sex Attraction

Fullerton: Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton       Same Sex Friends and Family       Pastor of Counseling Ministries 714-257-4316

Men's Issues

Irvine: Mariners Church       Men of Integrity       Care Coordinator 949-854-7030
Costa Mesa: Rock Harbor       General Men's issues       Life Care Pastor 714-384-0914
Costa Mesa: Rock Harbor       Men in Sexual recovery       Life Care Pastor 714-384-0914
Whittier: city services       Intercommunity groups- men's issues       Director of Community Services 562-464-3360
Yorba Linda: Yorba Linda Friends Church       Men Desiring Purity       www.ylfc.org
Yorba Linda: Yorba Linda Friends Church       Men's Real Life Issues       www.ylfc.org

Pregnancy

Whittier: Whittier Pregnancy Care Clinic

Sexual Addiction

Anaheim: Anaheim Vineyard       Sexaholics       Pastor of Pastoral Care/Recovery Solutions 714-777-4777

Suicide

Online/phone       JED Foundation       jedfoundation.org or 212-647-7544

Transportation Needs

La Mirada: city services       La Mirada Transit        562-943-6776

Women's Issues

Costa Mesa: Rock Harbor       General Women's issues       Life Care Pastor 714-384-0914
Costa Mesa: Rock Harbor       Women's body image and eating issues       Life Care Pastor 714-384-0914
Costa Mesa: Rock Harbor       WISH- Women in sexual healing       Life Care Pastor 714-384-0914
Whittier: city services       Intercommunity groups- women's issues       Director of Community Services 562-464-3360