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CNC 6711
Psychopathology for Ministry Contexts
In this course you will be introduced to the major adult clusters of symptoms and diagnostic nomenclature included in the
Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(
DSM
), with an overview of classification, diagnosis, and etiology of mental disorders
encountered in clinical, pastoral, and chaplaincy counseling. You will also study mental status exams, and ethical and legal issues. You
will be challenged to determine theologically the standards for pathology and how these correlate psychologically and spiritually with
the
DSM
. The goal is for you to develop skills in gathering relevant information from interviews and/or other sources for the purpose of
understanding mental disorders on the basis of
DSM-IV
criteria for potential referral. (3)
Prerequisite: CNC 6400
CNC 6730
Marriage and Family Counseling
This course will train you to prepare couples for marriage, to assess and address basic marital problems, and to understand and
respond to typical family issues. Using the Bible, assessments, and systems thinking, you will be taught how to use pastoral counseling
skills in the arenas of prevention, treatment, and recovery of basic marriage and family issues. (3)
CNC 6740
Organizational Missionary Care Services
In this course you will examine the operational structure and needs of providing member care within a missions organization. Emphasis
will be given to organizational procedures, policy creation, and the role of the caregiver within the operational structure to ensure health
in the missionary and the mission agency. (3)
CNC 7010
Healthy Leaders and Organizations
Using biblical and secular leadership and organizational tools you will evaluate your own areas of leadership health as well as the
organizational health of the ministry in which you serve. You will examine emotional and spiritual maturity, the influence of personality
in leadership, team building and leadership styles. Attention will be given to healing within an unhealthy or wounded ministry
organization. (3)
CNC 9010
Healthy Leaders and Organizations
Using biblical and secular leadership and organizational tools you will evaluate your own areas of leadership health as well as the
organizational health of the ministry in which you serve. You will examine emotional and spiritual maturity, the influence of personality
in leadership, team building and leadership styles. Attention will be given to healing within an unhealthy or wounded ministry
organization. (3)
CNC 9470
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) Skills and Supervision
This course will focus on developing your knowledge and skills for effective counseling in a missionary care setting. Emphasis will be
on experiential learning utilizing interviewing strategies in a lab with supervision. (3)
CNC 9474
Clinical Applications in Missionary Care
This course is designed to increase your understanding of various ways to use clinical care and knowledge from the mental health
professions in member care. You will consider ethics, professional relationships, influence of untreated pathology on the community,
and various personal, interpersonal, and systemic dynamics. You will explore biblical, spiritual, and psychological underpinnings as
well as types of clinical resources, referral procedure, and collaboration with clinical service providers. (3)
CNC 9541
Missionary Care for Career Transitions
In this course you will explore pivotal moments in the various seasons of missionary service which ensure growth and longevity in a
lifelong commitment to the missionary call. You will study the career span of a missionary and will define critical seasons and decisions.
Special attention will be given to designing models for the missionary care provider which will enable you to minister to lifelong needs
and to enhance career health and satisfaction. (3)
CNC 9571
Single and Family Issues in Missions
In this course you will focus on the home life of a missionary with the perspective of defining ways to enhance the viability of the
missionary home. You will develop care-giving skills, focusing on how to enrich and address current challenges that encroach on the
missionary’s personal lifestyle. Course segments will view the missionary home through the lens of single adult missionaries, missionary
children, and marital couples. The missionary care provider will examine factors that will assist in assessing the health of the personal
lifestyle and methods of intervention. The ultimate goal is to provide active care-giving while trusting God and His eternal purposes to
cause the missionary to flourish in the home, as well as in ministry. (3)
CNC 9740
Organizational Missionary Care Services
In this course you will examine the operational structure and needs of providing member care within a missions organization. Emphasis
will be given to organizational procedures, policy creation, and the role of the caregiver within the operational structure to ensure health
in the missionary and the mission agency. (3)
Ministry Skill Development
MSD 1110
Encountering Spiritual Formation
This course is designed to introduce the student to the foundational principles of spiritual formation for effective life, ministry, and
vocation. The process of the student’s spiritual formation includes their relationship with God, their biblical self-image, their relationship
with the Body of Christ, their personal relationships, and their relationship with the world. Students are invited into a multiple-year
journey of encountering spiritual formation in community. The goal of this course is to help students build a foundation for continued
spiritual formation at and beyond their time at CIU. (3)