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SHARE tweet share. LCI is a c-3 ministry devoted to furthering the idea that key church leaders may be trained to offer effective, biblical lay counseling services within a Church context and with proper supervision. Together Dr. Read the full story behind LCI. Now, almost thirty years later, LCI uses a proprietary model of comprehensive lay counselor training , and also provide supplemental, topic-specific seminars and workshops to enhance our training.
While LCI does not offer a certification program for academic credit, once trained by LCI in conjunction with a local church, lay counselors can expand the reach of the local church by caring for others. Throughout the Bible we see that all believers are instructed to care for one another:.
However, lay counseling training is beneficial to a variety of groups within the local church that have a specific calling to caring for others:. While the primary objective of LCI is to implement a lay counseling program within the local church, any leader in the church can benefit from the fundamentals of lay counseling as they learn biblical wisdom and practical techniques for caring for others effectively. When people are facing difficult situations—depression, anxiety, a failing marriage, grief or loss, infertility, sexual addiction, substance abuse, domestic violence, family discord, broken relationships, job loss, sickness, cancer, child-rearing, and other challenges and crises—they need a network of support from both clinical professionals, the church, and the broader community.
She has been serving as a lay leader in the church by leading Bible study groups for the last decade and co-authored her first study, HIStory: Genesis to Revelation in 30 Weeks in
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