OIC Church Leadership Training Program

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Module Topics

Module 1 – Biblical Counseling: What Is It?

Defining a Biblical sufficiency-based model of personal ministry and the nature of personal spiritual growth

Topics:

• A Brief Introduction to the Training Program

• Biblical Counseling in Historical Context

• Why Counsel – or Do Anything Else for God?

• Testimony: How Training in Biblical Counseling Has Changed the Life, Family, and Ministry of One Man

• Basic Questions and Answers About Biblical Counseling

• What Makes Biblical Counseling Biblical?

• The Doctrine of Spiritual Growth (Progressive Sanctification)

• A Biblical View of Self

• How People Change: An Overview

• A Biblical Description of Heat

• A Biblical Description of Thorns

• A Biblical Description of the Cross

• A Biblical Description of Fruit

• The Sinful Heart and Some of the Resulting Consequences of Idolatry-Driven Sin

• The Transformed Heart and Some of the Resulting Blessings of Worship-Motivated Obedience

• Instructions and Evaluation • Where Do We Go From Here? (including Projects for Growth)

Module 2 – Biblical Counseling: How Do You Do It?

Teaching the process and procedures of Biblical counseling

Topics:

• A Quick Review of Some Things You Should Know

• Personal Growth Testimonies

• A Counseling Process Model

• Key Element 1: Build the Relationship

• Practicing Key Element 1: A Case Study

• Key Element 2: Get the Facts

• Practicing Key Element 2: A Case Study

• Key Element 3: Generate Biblical Hope

• Key Element 4: Define the Problem

• Practicing Key Elements 3 & 4: A Case Study

• Key Element 5: Teach the Truth

• Key Element 6: Provide Some Accountability

• Practicing Key Elements 5 & 6: A Case Study

• Key Element 7: Plan Your Ministry

• Putting It All Together: A Case Study

• Counseling Procedures: Who Should You Counsel?

• When and Where Should You Counsel?

• Managing the Meetings from Beginning to End

• Question and Answer Session

• Where Do We Go From Here? (including Evaluation and Projects for Growth)

Module 3 – Biblical Counseling: How Do You Do It More Effectively?

Learning to address common counseling issues from God’s perspective

Topics:

• Another Quick Review of Some Things You Should Already Know

• Counseling Testimonies

• Introduction: The Big Picture – Learning How to Avoid the Biggest Mistake Biblical

Counselors Make

There are a nearly endless number of so-called counseling “issues.” Those listed below are

merely a sampling of some of those topics that have been covered in some of our

programs. The topics to be covered in a specific location are determined by the

national/regional partner(s) in collaboration with the OIC team serving that nation/region.

Issues Related to Marriage and Family:

• How to Choose God’s Perfect Mate for Life

• Understanding Biblical Forgiveness: An Essential Element in Marriage and in All the Rest of Life

• Some Biblical Purposes for Marriage

• Principles for Biblical Communication in Marriage (and Other Places)

• God’s Perspective on Sexual Responsibilities in Marriage

• Basic Principles of Parenting

• Administering Loving Correction That Trains the Heart

• Helping Adolescents and Teens Make Wise Decisions

Issues Related to the Emotions:

• A Biblical View of Anger

• Helping Those Struggling with Depression

• How Can You Help the Fearful Believer?

• Ministering to an Anxious or Worried Christian

Issues Related to Relationships:

• Understanding and Conquering the Fear of Man

• Living in Joyful Submission to Imperfect Leadership

• A Biblical Model of Peacekeeping

Other Issues:

• Purity in a Perverse World

• A Biblical Perspective on Spiritual Warfare

• A Paradigm for Biblical Decision Making

• Counseling Believers in Critical and/or Traumatic Situations

• Counseling Those in Sexual Sin

• Counseling the Suffering

• Soul Care for Discouraged Servants

Module 4 – Biblical Counseling: How Do You Share It? Developing a local church Biblical counseling and training center

Topics:

• A Final Review of Some Things You Should Already Know Part One – Preparing the Soil: Developing a Corporate Culture for Personal Discipleship

• Three Foundational Considerations

• How Does A Church Change Its Corporate Culture?

• Three Characteristics of a Disciple-Making Church

• Leadership That Produces Disciples Part Two – Planting and Growing the Seedling: Selecting and Equipping Counselors Within and For the Local Church

• Who? Identifying and Confirming Future Soul Care Providers

• What? The Essential Elements in a Training Program

• Responding to Requests for Counseling from Non-Members Part Three – Managing the Harvest: Establishing a Counseling and Training Center

• Why or Why Not? Good and Bad Reasons to Launch a Training Center for the Community and Other Churches

• Churches Helping Churches: Building Relationships of Trust in the Christian Community

• How Much? To Charge or Not to Charge?

• Let’s Do It Together: A “Shared” Counseling Ministry Model

• Evaluation and Testimonials

• Ten Reasons I Still Love the Church!

• Where Do We You Go From Here?