Prerequisites:

   Discipleship Training School(DTS) or Crossroads DTS (CDTS).


   What is FCM?

   Foundation for Counseling Ministry (former IBC) is designed as a six month training program with two distinct phases.


   Lecture phase:

   Phase one is a three-month classroom segment which utilizes lectures, discussions, workshops, small group interactions and personal study. The close community of students and staff provides an environment where the application of Biblical counseling skills can be worked out.


    Outreach phase:

   Phase two is the field assignment. This provides a practical experience where the knowledge, skills and character qualities of a Biblical counselor learned in the lecture phase are put into practice in a mission field setting. Students will find enriching cross-cultural opportunities and challenging experiences of working on a team at one of the ministry locations around the world.


    Topics:

   The Biblical perspective of the human personality
   The Biblical foundations of Counseling
   Healing through relationships
   The restoration of the whole person.
   Basic counseling skills and tools to work with.
   Human reactions to hurt and rejection.


   Goals:

   This program has three primary goals

   1. Personal Development
   The student will learn an experiential understanding of Grace: developing a personal revelation of the reality of God's grace, and the ability to extend that grace to others. Healthy relationships and developing a mature Christian Identity, are emphasised.

   2. Skill Development
   The student will learn how to express warmth, respect and empathy in inter-personal relationships; develop active listening skills; use the tool of Biblical belief renewal for personal development and applying it to others; praying for healing in a variety of situations by invoking the presence of Jesus; Exercise influence through intercession.

   3. Cognitive Developement
   The student will learn the definition of counseling; God's character in relation to counseling; the work of the Cross and the work of the Holy Spirit in bringing redemption and forgiveness; the believer's identity in Christ; repentance and forgiveness and their relation to maturity; the specific, unique giftings of each individual.