In order to make mature disciples, ministries must develop their infrastructure by featuring community building through small groups and cells, disciple-making strategies, mobilizing God's people in ministry, and strengthening families. Understand, Experience, Critique and Apply the Model Greg Ogden and Willow Creek Staff, Instructors Care and Counseling Care and counseling courses offer resources and strategies to ensure that the body is equipped to meet the challenges of human brokenness, healing, and crisis intervention. Our program reflects a healthy shift from a pastoral care model to a ministry of care that involves a partnership between pastor and people in delivering care and counseling. We also offer a constructive critique of our culture's therapeutic bias from a biblical perspective. Let us help you turn your core convictions into a lasting ministry contribution.
Students do their entire program with the same group and instructors around a common subject matter.
In this innovative approach, students build a caring, learning community and are mentored by professors who make an investment of their lives as well as knowledge. In this age of growing interest in spirituality, it is important that pastors be able to give positive guidance in the midst of competing views of spirituality. In this cohort you will explore the various traditions of Christian spiritual formation, gain insight into the dynamics of spiritual growth and renewal, develop skills to help transform the spiritual life of your congregation, and examine the nature of Christian spirituality from a biblical and theological perspective. The Youth and Family Ministries cohort will provide an opportunity to enhance your spiritual life, sharpen your critical thinking, and build on your ministry skills in one of the most challenging ministries facing the church today. Be a part of rethinking and reshaping youth and family ministry for the complexities of a new generation.