Counselor Training
SBC offers training in biblical counseling for pastors, church leaders, and lay counselors in a variety of settings and formats:
Private instruction (in-person and online)
Group courses
Seminary classroom (including international)
See below for course information.
Course Options
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ABC Certification Mentorship
In this option, students pursue an online certification course with the Association of Biblical Counselors. Alongside that course, SBC provides mentorship and guidance through the certification process. At the end of this process, there is an option to continue the mentorship process and receive help forming a local counseling ministry, either as a standalone ministry or within a church.
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Training Module 1: A Theological & Biblical Foundation
This course provides a theological and biblical foundation, including things like a theology of the heart, the sufficiency of Scripture, the process of change, as well as a biblical theology of the task of counseling itself.
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Training Module 2: An Incarnational Methodology
This course provides a counseling methodology modeled after the personal ministry of Jesus. The goal is counseling that is not only biblical in its content, but in its methods and goals.
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Training Module 3: Problems
This course provides a framework for counseling particular problems. This includes marital issues, addiction, emotional problems like anxiety, depression and anger. Discussion of case studies play a central part of this module. Generally modules 1 and 2 are prerequisites for module 3.