The Certificate Program includes two levels of courses over two years of study. The first year of the Certificate Program lays the theological and practical foundation for thinking biblically about people and their problems. This course seeks to answer these questions, building a first-hand understanding of progressive sanctification. This course takes the principles introduced in Dynamics of Biblical Change and applies them to the counseling relationship. The answers to these questions form the heart of the course.
Material is presented through lectures, case studies, video and practicum experiences.
Counseling in Everyday Life. You counsel others every day, whether you realize it or not, and other people counsel you. This course focuses first on making your everyday relationships more conscioulsy biblical. It attempts to help you define more clearly the settings in which God would have you minister as a biblical counselor. For some students, these three courses will provide all the training in biblical counseling they need.