Course Description
Biblical counseling – is it just for the pastors and elders? Or for trained professionals? What does it look like to restore counseling to the local church? The purpose of this course is to:
- to broaden students’ understanding of counseling to include all relationships
- to build a thoroughly biblical understanding of the local church as a ministering community where everyone plays a part
- to help students find their place of ministry within the context of the local church and to help others do the same
- to see the importance of both public and private ministry of the Word and how they interrelate
- to examine present ministry opportunities
Topics covered include a biblical foundation for private ministry of the Word; the role of community and relationships in the process of sanctification; developing a practical ecclesiology; and developing an eye for ministry opportunities such as conflict resolution, evangelism, and church discipline.
Course Registration
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Counseling in the Local Church Online |
Sep 10, 2013 - Nov 26, 2013 |
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Counseling in the Local Church Online |
Jan 15, 2014 - Apr 16, 2014 |
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Course Outline
Week 1: Course Introduction: Why the Church Should be Counseling
Week 2: Redemptive Community
Week 3: Self-Counsel
Week 4: A Biblical View of Change
Week 5: Public Counsel
Week 6: Sought and Created Counsel
Week 7: Structures and Processes for Interpersonal Ministry
Week 8: Counseling Models at Four Churches
Week 9: Conflict and Pursuing Forgiveness
Week 10: Unsought Group Counsel
Week 11: Church Discipline
About the Professor
Tim Lane
Tim is the President and a faculty member at CCEF and has been counseling for more than 25 years. He has previous experience in both campus and pastoral ministry, including serving as a pastor for ten years. He is the author of several mini-books including Forgiving Others, Sex Before Marriage, and Freedom From Guilt. He also co-authored the books How People Change and Relationships - A Mess Worth Making.
Required Books
Students must purchase separately, any other required reading is provided with course access.
How People Change by Tim Lane and Paul Tripp
Life Together: The Classic exploration of Faith in Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Relationships: A Mess Worth Making by Tim Lane and Paul Tripp
Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition by Andrew Purves
Click here to purchase these texts for Counseling in the Local Church.