Minister Training Courses
Affordable home study - distance learning
" Minister Training Courses you can do at Home - Go at your own pace.
Fit your studies around your work or other commitments "
Since ordination is between the person and God, we have always ordained anyone who steps forward. However, it is important to make minister training available to the majority of our ministers.
Although some people are ready to function well as ministers without degrees or further study, most of us need additional training. For that reason, we make distance learning minister training available through our home study courses.
We offer the following faith-based minister training courses:
- Well-being
- Basic Counseling Techniques
- Minister Training
- Bible Study
Home Study:
The distance learning training courses listed below are available for home study.
Each course is thirty lessons in length except the Ministers Training Course which is twenty-six lessons. At the end of each lesson is a quiz mostly of the "true or false" or "choose the correct answer" type questions.
Go at Your Own Pace:
When you register for a training course , we will send you the entire course that you may complete on your own schedule. You will then return the answered questions to us. You may proceed with any course at your own pace, completing as many lessons as you wish. However, lessons will be graded in groups of at least five lessons at a time for an additional cost of $5 per lesson.
Certificate of Completion:
When you complete each course satisfactorily, you will be awarded a handsome eight and one-half by eleven-inch certificate which will testify to your accomplishment. |
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Certificate as Journeyman Minister:
If you wish to take your training further, when you have completed three of the courses (Well-being, Counseling, and Ministers Training), you will be certified as a full JOURNEYMAN MINISTER and you will receive a special certificate certifying that you have completed the Journeyman Minister Program.
All ministers who are serious about their work should complete these three courses and attain the Journeyman status.
Incidentally, We were pleased to hear from students in Toronto, Canada, who have told us that our Well-being and Counseling courses were accepted by the Government in qualifying them for jobs in Government Social Services positions.
The Well-Being Course and part of the Counseling Course were written by Rev. Theodore H. Swenson. The courses are based on his own studies as well as his experience as Dean of Students at the University of California. Rev. Swenson served at the University for eight years. His focus was on the well-being of students while responding to various emergency and crisis situations.
All of our minister training courses come in two formats:
You can order a Printed and Mailed Course Book with your registration.
Worldwide shipping. Materials delivered to your door.
(Requested Offering $47 + shipping charge)
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You can order an Ebook, which is a PDF file you download to your computer. Works in any computer - PC or Mac.
(Requested Offering $27- no shipping charge)
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Well-Being Course |
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You will grow and develop both as a person and as a minister by taking our Well-being course.
This non-denominational course will guide you through our five steps to a better and more fulfilling life. This is our most important course and it is the first step toward becoming a Journeyman Minister.
Preparing for Ministry:
Preparation for the ministry begins with our own lives. Good helpers are often people who have had trouble with their own lives. To help you prepare for the ministry, we want to help you take charge of yourself and move forward.
Helping Ourselves:
Before we can help others, we have to help ourselves. Those of us who have had our share of trouble and suffering can understand better the situation of others who need help.
We are offering you a chance to improve your life and become a more effective minister at the same time. To do this, you must free yourself from the negative limitations that hold back most people.
Helping Others:
We are seeking to develop ministers who want to make an important contribution to the lives of others. How that contribution is made will differ from person to person depending on the particular talent each has.
Five Steps to Well-being:
To grow and develop, both as a person and as a minister, we recommend our five-step Well-being course. This course will guide you through the following five steps to a better life:
1. Confidence Building - This is a process that leads to your feeling better about yourself and what you are able to do with your life.
2. Discovery - This step helps you learn what you REALLY want in life. Most of us never make this discovery and if you don't know what you REALLY want you will never get it.
3. Goal setting - Once you know what you REALLY want, you have to learn how to go after it in an organized way and that begins with goal setting.
4. Reprogramming - Most of us have allowed other people to determine what we do with our lives. We may have allowed these other people to direct us to paths that are not good for us. If this is true in your case, it is necessary to reprogram your life in the direction YOU choose.
5. Directed Prayer - This is a powerful technique to "take your dream and make it happen." It works like magic and makes miracles happen. You will be absolutely amazed when you discover that you can actually get what you REALLY want!
Lesson Format:
Our Well-being course consists of thirty lessons that you can do in your own home, taking as much time as you like. Each lesson is presented in three typewritten pages. After each lesson, there are some questions for you to answer. Finding the answers to our questions is not difficult but it will help you review the lesson and fix it in your mind.
Course Completion:
When you finish the course, you will receive a certificate of completion to hang on your wall. This will be your first step toward becoming a Journeyman Minister. The second step will be the completion of our Counseling Course. The third and final step will consist of taking our Minister's Training Course.
In addition to being the first step in the Journeyman Ministers Program, the Well-being course is an exciting, fulfilling, growth-oriented , adventure.
Well-Being Course Registration with
Printed and Mailed Course Book:
Requested Offering $47 (+ shipping )
- As a special service with this course, we will give you a download link to get the Questions as fillable forms.
They are in PDF files where the answers are selected with a click of your mouse. You can then email the Questions back to us for grading, instead of mailing them in the regular post.
This is a great saving in time and postage costs!
Course Grading Payments
Also, we request an offering of $5 for each lesson you return for grading. Since you must return at least five lessons at a time for grading, you are requested to include an offering of $25 with the five lessons you return for grading.
If you return more than five lessons, please enclose an additional $5 for each additional lesson.
Order the Course now:
 Register for the Well-being Course with Printed Book
- Alternative delivery
To avoid postal delays - we recommend the Downloadable Course for $27.00.
Almost instant delivery to your computer, save on shipping.
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Guarantee
If, for any reason, you are not satisfied with any of the materials you order from us, you may return them (in original condition) , for a full refund less the $3 shipping and handling fee. |
Delivery
Since all ordinations take place on Sundays, your ID card along with any other materials you order will be mailed to you via the US Postal Service not later than the Monday following receipt. However, we try, but don't promise to have your order in the mail by the day after we receive it.
Register for the Well-Being Course with Printed Book....
Place a secure order online right now through our service with Kagi. We accept payments using - PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club, Optima, Carte Blanche, Carte Bleu, JCB, Eurocard and also Check, Purchase Order, Cash, Money Order and Wire Transfer, from many countries. |
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- Alternative delivery
To avoid postal delays we recommend the Downloadable Course
for just $27.00.
Almost instant delivery to your computer, save on shipping.
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Basic Counseling Techniques |
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This non-denominational course provides a straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to a variety of counseling techniques.
It will also teach you how to relate in a helping way to friends, family, and coworkers.
This course uses two additional published books you will need to obtain. Read more below in the course texts section.
Sensitivity:
The first half of the course is about helping you develop an attitude or outlook that is important for people who are counselors. It will help you become more sensitive to the needs of other people and to help them identify behaviors which limit their own growth and development.
Listening Skills
You will also learn listening skills that are vital to helping people grow. You will discover how to help your client to become a more independent person -- how to accept personal responsibility.
Decision Making and Action:
You will learn more about the importance of agreements with other people and even about agreements with yourself. You will discover how to encourage self decision-making in your client, how to provide moral support and to give feedback to help the client select appropriate courses of action.
Course Texts:
In the second half of the course, you will read and study two important books:
Basic Types of Pastoral Care & Counseling
by Howard Clinebell
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I'm OK You're OK
by Thomas A. Harris, M.D.
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A highly respected pioneer in Pastoral Counseling, Howard Clinebell, Ph.D., was Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Psychology and Counseling at the School of Theology at Claremont, California.
Perhaps the best way to give you an overview of Dr. Clinebell's book is to name its chapters:
- The Present Challenge of Pastoral Care and Counseling
- A Holistic Liberation-Growth Model of Pastoral Care and Counseling
- The Mission, Biblical Bases and Uniqueness of Pastoral Care and Counseling
- The Foundation of All Types of Caring and Counseling
- Facilitating Spiritual Wholeness: The Heart of Pastoral Care and Counseling
- Counseling on Ethical, Value, and Meaning Issues
- Supportive Care and Counseling; Crisis Care and Counseling
- Bereavement Care and Counseling; Marriage Enrichment and Marriage Crisis Counseling
- Family Enrichment and Counseling
- Referral Counseling; Group Care and Counseling
- Pastoral Psychotherapy
- Training Lay Persons for Their Caring Ministries
- How to Keep Your Caring and Counseling Skill Growing
I'm OK you're OK
In his popular book, I'm OK You're OK, psychiatrist Dr. Thomas A. Harris provided a method for understanding human behavior which has been applied with success in counseling and therapy.
The method Dr. Harris discusses employs the concept of "Transactional Analysis" that was originally developed by Dr. Eric Berne.
Dr. Harris believes that using "Transactional Analysis" in therapy is a realistic way to help clients understand their responsibility for solving problems and taking control of their lives.
You may find that the vocabulary of Transactional Analysis is easy to understand and that it goes well with common sense.
Dr. Harris points out that anybody can use Transactional Analysis, not just patients or therapists.
Basic Counseling Techniques Course Registration with
Printed and Mailed Course Book:
Requested Offering
$47 (+ shipping )
The Course Book and Questions are mailed to you in the regular post.
Course Grading Payments
Also, we request an offering of $5 for each lesson you return for grading. Since you must return at least five lessons at a time for grading, you are requested to include an offering of $25 with the five lessons you return for grading.
If you return more than five lessons, please enclose an additional $5 for each additional lesson.
Register for the Counseling Techniques Course - with Printed Book
- Alternative delivery
To avoid postal delays we recommend the Downloadable Course
for just $27.00.
Almost instant delivery to your computer, save on shipping.
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Guarantee
If, for any reason, you are not satisfied with any of the materials you order from us, you may return them (in original condition) , for a full refund less the $3 shipping and handling fee. |
Delivery
Since all ordinations take place on Sundays, your ID card along with any other materials you order will be mailed to you via the US Postal Service not later than the Monday following receipt. However, we try, but don't promise to have your order in the mail by the day after we receive it.
Register for the Counseling Techniques Course with Printed Book....
Place a secure order online right now through our service with Kagi.
We accept payments using - PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club, Optima, Carte Blanche, Carte Bleu, JCB, Eurocard and also Check, Purchase Order, Cash, Money Order and Wire Transfer, from many countries. |
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- Alternative delivery
To avoid postal delays we recommend the Downloadable Course
for $27.00.
Almost instant delivery to your computer, save on shipping.
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Minister's Training Course |
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The MInister's Training Course answers many important questions and topics for Ministers
The twenty-six lesson Minister's Training Course addresses many fundamental religious and practical issues for practicing ministers.
The following important questions and topics are presented in this course:
RELIGION AND CHURCHES
- The Early Church
- Other Organized Religions
- What Is A Church?
BEING A MINISTER
- Becoming A Minister
- How Is A Minister Different?
- Will My Ordination Be Accepted By Others?
- How Do I Qualify As A Minister?
- Why Become A Minister?
- What Should I Wear?
CHURCH ORGANISATION
- How Is A Church Organized?
- The Real Reason For A Church
- How Do I Find Members for My Church?
- How Do I Get Money for My Church?
PARTNERS, FAMILY & CHILDREN
- The Family
- Courtship
- Child Abuse
- Divorce
THE HUMAN FAMILY
- Human Rights
- Human Needs
- Liberty and Equality
ORGANISATIONS – TYPES AND PURPOSES
- Religious Organizations
- Charitable Organizations
- Nonprofit Associations
LEGAL AND BUSINESS
- Forming A Nonprofit Church Corporation
- Bookkeeping
- Meetings, Minutes, and Resolutions
- Articles of Incorporation
- Obtaining Exemption from Federal Income Tax
- How to Find the Law
- Laws on Churches and Clergy
Minister Training Course Registration with
Printed and Mailed Course Book:
Requested Offering
$47 (+ shipping )
The Course Book and Questions are mailed to you in the regular post.
Course Grading Payments
We request an offering of $5 for each lesson you return for grading. Since you must return at least five lessons at a time for grading, you are requested to include an offering of $25 with the five lessons you return for grading.
If you return more than five lessons, please enclose an additional $5 for each additional lesson.
Register for the Minister Training Course with Printed Book
- Alternative delivery
To avoid postal delays we recommend the Downloadable Course
for just $27.00.
Almost instant delivery to your computer, save on shipping.
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Guarantee
If, for any reason, you are not satisfied with any of the materials you order from us, you may return them (in original condition) , for a full refund less the $3 shipping and handling fee. |
Delivery
Since all ordinations take place on Sundays, your ID card along with any other materials you order will be mailed to you via the US Postal Service not later than the Monday following receipt. However, we try, but don't promise to have your order in the mail by the day after we receive it.
Register for the Minister Training Course with Printed Book....
Place a secure order online right now through our service with Kagi.
We accept payments using - PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club, Optima, Carte Blanche, Carte Bleu, JCB, Eurocard and also Check, Purchase Order, Cash, Money Order and Wire Transfer, from many countries. |
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- Alternative delivery
To avoid postal delays we recommend the Downloadable Course
for just $27.00.
Almost instant delivery to your computer, save on shipping.
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New Testament
Bible Study Guide |
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This course covers the entire New Testament of the Holy Bible.
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” MATTHEW 7:7.
The purpose of this course is to encourage you to read the New Testament carefully.
The course gives interesting and useful background on was going on at the time the New Testament was written.
It is not our purpose to interpret the New Testament or to try to get you to adopt a particular point of view. We feel that if you “seek” and “knock,” the meaning will be revealed to you.
Each lesson asks you to read about twelve pages of the New Testament and to answer ten questions about what you have read.
Questions are either of the "True-False" variety or ask you to choose the correct answer from three possibilities.
For example, here are two actual questions from the course:
1. Who of the following was Jesus' brother?
___ John ___ Peter ___Judah
2. When Peter came to Antioch, Paul opposed him.
___True ___False
As with all our courses, you will receive a certificate of completion after you have finished the last lesson in the New Testament Bible Course.
Bible Study Course Registration with
Printed and Mailed Course Book:
Requested Offering
$47 ( + shipping )
The Course Book and Questions are mailed to you in the regular post.
Course Grading Payments
Also, we request an offering of $5 for each lesson you return for grading. Since you must return at least five lessons at a time for grading, you are requested to include an offering of $25 with the five lessons you return for grading.
If you return more than five lessons, please enclose an additional $5 for each additional lesson.
Register for the Bible Course with Printed Book
- Alternative delivery
To avoid postal delays we recommend the Downloadable Course
for just $27.00.
Almost instant delivery to your computer, save on shipping.
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Guarantee
If, for any reason, you are not satisfied with any of the materials you order from us, you may return them (in original condition) , for a full refund less the $3 shipping and handling fee. |
Delivery
Since all ordinations take place on Sundays, your ID card along with any other materials you order will be mailed to you via the US Postal Service not later than the Monday following receipt. However, we try, but don't promise to have your order in the mail by the day after we receive it.
Register for the Bible Study Course with Printed Book....
Place a secure order online right now through our service with Kagi.
We accept payments using - PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club, Optima, Carte Blanche, Carte Bleu, JCB, Eurocard and also Check, Purchase Order, Cash, Money Order and Wire Transfer, from many countries. |
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- Alternative delivery
To avoid postal delays we recommend the Downloadable Course
for just $27.00.
Almost instant delivery to your computer, save on shipping.
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Countries where we have ordained ministers.
Antigua, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Ivory Coast Republic, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Rep.of Seychelles, Russia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, UK,USA, United Arab Emirates, Virgin Islands, W.Africa, Wales, Zimbabwe
USA states where we have ordained ministers
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakot, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Canadian Provinces where we have ordained ministers
Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador
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