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LIFE-ISSUES
(PRO-LIFE) COUNSELING PROGRAM
Who Should Consider This
Program...The
Program is specifically designed for those individuals
called by God to serve as biblically trained pro-life
counselors and advocates. It is ideal for PRC directors,
staff, and volunteers; pastors; youth workers; Biblical
counselors; teachers; school administrators; nurses;
physicians; and anyone who desires to know how to provide
life-issues counseling from a biblical perspective. The
program is not intended to meet any state or other
counseling licensure law. It is intended to
provide Bible-based and Christ-centered training which has
been proven in the crucible of real-life counseling.
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Program Dean and Course
Faculty...Everyone involved with the development of
this pioneering Program
is an accomplished practitioner in his or her own area of
competency. They share in common a strong commitment
to the sanctity of life and total devotion to the Lord
Jesus Christ.
Deena
Crandall is the Program Dean for the Life-Issues
counseling program. Mrs. Crandall is a practicing
pro-life counselor and PRC director with an extensive
background in Pregnancy Resource Center administration and
program development. For several years she served as
Director of the Evansville Christian Life Center’s
Pregnancy Resource Centers (two centers, located in
Evansville, IN). She has also served in various
capacities at Pregnancy Resource Centers in the San
Francisco Bay Area and Chicago, and has been a featured
speaker at Indiana State Right to Life Conventions.
Deena's
educational background includes an A.A. in Biblical
Studies from Moody Bible Institute; a B.A. in Group and
Interpersonal Communication, along with a minor in
Psychology, from Trinity International University in
Deerfield, IL; and a M.Min. from Master's International
School of Divinity.
Program Description
& Purpose...With
the offering of this Program, Master's reaches another
ministry
training milestone to become the first Divinity School
to offer a
complete degree concentration in Life- Issues
Counseling. A practical and biblical approach is
taken
regarding course selection and
development. As a consequence, the student
is introduced to
the everyday issues associated with pro-life
counseling. Veterans in the field can anticipate
enhancing and strengthening training and skills
already acquired.
The
purpose of the Program is to provide biblically based
training for individuals who are called to minister as
pro-life/pro-family counselors and advocates. The
outcome intent is to prepare the student to deal with
the real-life issues surrounding pregnancy decisions,
abortion and post-abortion counseling. The curriculum
is unapologetically Bible-based, pro-life, and
evangelically oriented.
Course Faculty... ^Denotes
members of the Life-Issues Counseling Program Development
Committee.
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^Deena
Crandall, A.A., Biblical Studies, Moody Bible
Institute; B.A., Trinity International University;
M.Min., Master's International School of Divinity.
Program Dean. |
Bill
Hines, Dean, Department of Biblical
Counseling, and Director IABC
Degree/Certification Program. B.A., University
of Texas-Arlington; M.A.R., Liberty University;
M.A.(Counseling), Liberty University; D.Min.,
Trinity Theological Seminary. |
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Matthew
G. Crandall, Dean of Students, A.A., Liberal Arts, Los Medanos
College; B.A., Pastoral Ministry, Moody Bible
Institute; M.Div., Trinity Evangelical Divinity
School; D.P.Th., Master's International School of
Divinity. |
^Trudy
M. Johnson,
Certificate in Chaplaincy, Master's Divinity School;
B.A., Biblical Counseling, Trinity College of
the Bible; M.A., Biblical Counseling, Trinity
Theological Seminary. Served for over ten years as
a team member at Focus on the Family, Colorado
Springs, CO; and is the founder of Missingpieces.org. |
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^Thelma
Wells,
B.S.
in Education from North Texas State
University, minors in Business Administration and
English; M.Min. in Pastoral Ministry, Master's
International School of Divinity;
D.D.,
Saint Thomas
Christian College and Theological Seminary. President of A Woman
of God Ministries in Dallas, TX.; Mrs. Wells is an
internationally acclaimed author and key speaker
with Women of Faith conferences sponsored by New
Life Clinics. |
^Paul
Madtes, Jr.,
B.A.,
Eastern Nazarene College; M.S., Ph.D., Texas A& M
University; Ph.D., Trinity Theological Seminary.
Scientist, Author, Educator, Chairman of the
Department of Biology, Mt. Vernon Nazarene
University. |
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Howard
A. Eyrich, B.A., Bob Jones University; B.D.,
Faith Theological Seminary; Th.M., Dallas
Theological Seminary; D.Min., Western Conservative
Baptist Seminary. Author, Educator, Pastor, Pioneer
in Nouthetic Counseling; President, Birmingham
Seminary. |
Bradley
Mattes, M.B.S., Master's International School of
Divinity. Director of the Life Issues Institute,
veteran leader in the pro-life movement, and
nationally recognized authority in the area of
post-abortion counseling for men. |
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^Dennis
D. Frey,
A.B.S.,
Nazarene Bible College; M.Min., M.Div., Trinity
Theological Seminary; M.B.A., California Coast
University, D.Min., Th.D., Trinity Theological
Seminary; D.B.A., California Coast University.
President, Master's International School of
Divinity. |
Jayne
E. Schooler, B.A., Cedarville University; M.B.S.,
Master's International School of Divinity. Educator,
curriculum writer and trainer for the Ohio Child
Welfare Training program;
nationally recognized authority on adoption issues;
author of The Whole Life Adoption Book;
and Searching for a Past: An Adult Adoptee's
Unique Process of Finding Identity. |
options
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Unique
Cooperative Options Available for Qualified
Students.
1.
Qualified students enrolled in the Life-Issues
degree program may elect to substitute one
designated course for
The
Directors' & Nurse's Institute in Limited
Obstetrical Ultrasound offered through
The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates
(NIFLA).
The course and qualifications are as noted
below in the
Degree Course Section.
2.
Individuals who have completed the
ConCert Training with
Heartbeat International, will be recognized for
advanced standing placement when enrolling in the
Life-Issues degree program. An Admissions Advisor
will explain this arrangement.
3.
LIFE-ISSUES CERTIFICATES AND DEGREES:
4. A.R.I.N. PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP.
Abortion Recovery International Network (A.R.I.N.)
and Master’s International School of Divinity cooperate on a
certificate program which allows affiliates of A.R.I.N. to achieve a certificate in Abortion
Recovery Counseling. A.R.I.N. members qualify for a
20% tuition discount on the Certificates and Degree
Program. Click
HERE for more information.
For additional information go to A.R.I.N.’s website:
http://www.abortionrecoverynetwork.org/
“We are grateful that Master’s International School of Divinity responded with
such cooperation when A.R.I.N suggested an Abortion
Recovery Counseling program to Deena Crandall, Dean
of the Life Issues Counseling Program. The Abortion
Recovery International Network is honored to have
partnered with Master's
in the birth of the this new emphasis of educational
study. A.R.I.N. hopes that leaders working with the
abortion affected will take advantage of this great
opportunity to further our hearts and minds toward
our clients.”
Stacy L. Massey, President |
UNDERGRADUATE
DEGREE & CERTIFICATES
in Life-Issues Counseling
 Learn
More
please select one of the following:
1. Review the Certificates in
Certificates in Life-Issues Counseling.
2. Review the
Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies
in Life-Issues Counseling degree program.
3. To speak with a counselor directly, call
1-800-933-1445 (outside the U.S. & Canada call
812-471-0611). Call 8:30am - 4:30pm Central Time
M-F.
4. To e-mail
for additional information, contact us at
request@mdivs.edu
5.
To receive a FULL Confidential Personal Degree Program
Evaluation, click
HERE.
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