Date

9-19-2024

Department

Rawlings School of Divinity

Degree

Doctor of Ministry (DMin)

Chair

Todd Hardin

Keywords

counseling, curriculum, ministry, higher education, Baptist, students

Disciplines

Counseling

Abstract

This project was dedicated to the creation of a higher education curriculum that would support the needs of ministry students who study at West Coast Baptist College. Counseling is at the heart of what Christ committed himself to during His earthly ministry. (Mark 2:16–17, King James Version). The skills to counsel advanced topics in the local church arena should be an essential element of instruction that takes place in colleges that train ministry leaders. In order to effectively transfer these truths to students, a qualitative research project was implemented which utilized thirty-six interviews of alumni in order to assess areas of weakness in counseling topics among graduates of West Coast Baptist College. The project also benchmarked counseling degrees in similar institutions to assess the norms of practice of similar degrees. Finally, in order to triangulate the data, the project assessed the requirements of counselor education in California in order to validate the graduate areas of weakness and the normal practices of like-institutions. The resulting evidence allowed for a curriculum to be developed and implemented at West Coast Baptist College for the further training of those who will serve in various ministry capacities. This curriculum will enable the graduates of the program to effectively counsel diverse areas of difficulties in the local church.

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