PM 550: Advanced Biblical Counseling

• 3.00 Credit Hours

This course offers a twenty-first century model of Christian Counseling that facilitates effective biblical change. The course is geared toward teaching pastors and Christian counselors how to help themselves and others mature in the ways and wisdom of Jesus Christ. It provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date guide, and the latest in research, theory and practice methods in Christian Counseling. (Three credit hours) Course Objectives x To help the student apply the Scriptures to counsel himself x To inform the student about various approaches to soul care x To build the student’s confidence in Christ and Scripture to meet people’s spiritual needs x To teach the student a basic methodology of biblical counseling x To show the student how to use Scripture to help in the most common pastoral counseling situations