The move means patients can now freely choose someone to speak to from the list of practitioners. Those on the register have been considered and will be allowed to practice because they meet the level required by the Professional Standards Authority.
Each year ACC members provide more than 150,000 counselling sessions and are employed to work with people with issues surrounding education, hospitals or GP surgeries. Counsellors also deal with personal issues like loss, self-confidence or anger.
Rt Revd Mike Hill, the Bishop of Bristol said: "They are professionals and their faith gives them the motivation in helping people to get through difficult times and recover to live again."
Speaking to Premier, Tony Ruddle, the Executive Chair of the ACC said: "It puts us on a level playing field with the other counselling bodies in the country.
"Sometimes in the past Christian counsellors have gone to apply for jobs and been told no you don't belong to this particular body or that particular body - this should make things a lot easier for employability.
"The reputation of the Association of Christian Counsellors is now on a par with all the others.
"It means for the public, a higher level of safety because the Professional Standards Authority check the quality and safety of the register."
