Soul Care Training for
The Body of Christ

This weekend equipping event seeks to provide sound biblical teaching, insights on the grieving process, and practical applications for lay members who desire to better minister to other believers. There's also the hope each student will become an aid to busy pastors and staff members.

Session 1: An Introduction to Grief and Helps
Session 2: Grief and Loss, The Two Go Hand in Hand
Session 3: A Theology of Suffering
Session 4: Moving Forward
Session 5: Dealing with The Question of Suicide

Pleased take a momnent or two and follow the links below to hear from others about this conference. 

In every culture and time, couples have found themselves struggling and searching for a sense of peace and happiness with their spouse. Many will say they never would have considered or wanted a divorce. Yet, they can’t find any other solution except to walk away from the covenant relationship they entered just a few years before. I Still Do - The Seasons of Marriage helps struggling couples stay together, even when they don’t “feel” like staying together.

The structure of this conference rest upon sound biblical principles and is based in part on The 4-Seasons of Marriage by Dr. Gary Chapman and Marriage and Family From a Biblical Worldview by Dr. Rod West.

Session 1: Introduction and Identifying Your Season
Session 2: Five Essentials of Every Marriage
Session 3: Overcoming the Coldness of Winter
Session 4:Remembering the Newness of Spring
Session 5: Enjoying the Dreamy Summer
Session 6: The Beauty & Hurts of Fall
Session 7: Let’s Talk Love and How to Keep It

Meet Tom and Stephine, one of the couples who participated in a recent "I Still Do" conference.

This ten-session training provides believers with an understanding of the history and practice of biblical counseling within the local church. As with all Christ-Centered Solutions events, one of our primary goals is to help pastors equip their congregations to serve one another better. This training lays a solid foundation for a church to build a soul care ministry.

Session 1: The What, Why, and History of Biblical Counseling
Session 2: Core Beliefs and The Theology of Biblical Counseling
Session 3: Biblical Counseling Case Study & Discussion Part 1
Session 4: Language In Biblical Counseling
Session 5: Biblical Counseling Case Study & Discussion Part 2
Session 6: A Right Way of Thinking 
Session 7: Biblical Counseling Case Study & Discussion Part 3
Session 8: The Ministry & Practice of Biblical Counseling
Session 9: Biblical Counseling Case Study & Discussion Part 4
Session 10: Final Thoughts & Moving Ahead

Pastors, would you like to equip your staff or specific congregation members to carry out premarital counseling in your church? You may be interested in honing your skills and learning from Dr. West's 30+ years of ministry experience in biblical counseling.

Dr. West takes seriously the responsibility pastors have in helping couples begin their new life together on a biblical foundation. He will take you through his ten-week premarital process, teaching you about the tools he uses, homework assignments, and what to look for in each session with the premarital couple.

The Premarital Counseling The Biblical Way weekend conference consists of 10 interactive sessions. Dr. West is also available to provide support and answer questions after the training for those actively carrying out premarital counseling in their church.

Session 1: Introduction to the premarital counseling process and what to expect.
Session 2: Communication: learning to listen and speak for greater intimacy.
Session 3: Understanding and appreciating personality differences.
Session 4: Family history matters.
Session 5: Dealing with conflicts in the marriage and the practice of forgiveness.
Session 7: Building spiritual intimacy through the practice of God's Word.
Session 8: The money discussion (work, budgets, children, and fun).
Session 9: Psst, what does the Bible say about sex?
Session 10: Promises made, promises kept.

Please follow the link below and hear from a young couple who went through premarital counseling with Dr. West.