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Review of A3CEES' Newsmakers
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The 2008, Milk-to-Meat, Faith-life Graduation
An End-Time Experience
 Regal, blessed, gratifying, thankful are a few words expressing the sentiments of this year's Faith-life graduates. May 21st marked the graduation of another successful class of servants who are expected to impact lives for Jesus Christ.
 The graduates and academic procession marched in from all directions to fill the platform of the Westside Baptist Church in Lewisville, Texas. The husband and wife team of Toronto and Sheryl Spikes who completed the program with highest honors launched the event.
 Lynda Jackson reminded the believers of the Milk-to-Meat themes and principles in each Trimester. As a final assignment the graduates assembled as the Milk-to-Meat choir accompanied by a mini-orchestra section and offered end-of-the-age renditions of Kirk Franklin's "Always" and "When I Get There." The music coincided with the night's end-time theme, Are You on the King's Right or Left?
 The scheduled graduation speaker encountered a family medical crisis and was unable to attend. In his place, Dr. DavidSon stretched the hearts and minds of the graduates and audience with the Eight Mes in Matthew 25 demonstrating that Jesus' instructions to give water to the thirsty, food to the hungry, clothes to the naked, and visit those imprisoned must be accompanied by sharing "Me" that is, Jesus as the purpose for the benevolent acts.
 The night concluded with each graduate being adorned with red stoles to commemorate their preparation for service and symbolic of the Spirit's anointing. The graduates marched out in high fashion. Congratulations to this year's Faith-life graduates.
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Two New Advanced Mastery Licensed, Christ-based Counselors Represent This Quarter's Credentialed Counselors
  Christ-based Counseling Laws and Policy, Christ-based Counseling Plan, Basic Christ-based Counseling, Comparative Therapies, The Process of Being Made Whole, CBC Marriage, CBC Depression, CBC Addiction, and Faith-life program (Milk-to-Maturity) represent the programming required to become an Advanced Mastery Licensed, Christ-based Counselor.
Like special forces in the military who go over and beyond the call of duty to be the ultimate warriors, the Advanced Mastery Licensing Program (AMLP) is for servants desiring multi-dimensional preparation to minister to God's people. The AMLP represents an interdisciplinary healing and equipping ministry that responds to challenges experienced by believers and their families.
We are pleased to feature two new counselors who have successfully completed the program among others. David Corbitt (shown left) is in his fifth year serving as Assistant Pastor at the Tabernacle of Praise in Colorado Spring, Colorado. Among other ministries he's responsible for counseling education. Phil Muldrow (shown right) is a deacon with the Mount Sinai Baptist Church in Bedford, Ohio. Among other responsibilities, he and his wife Lelia lead the church's marriage ministry. He's also launched his own Christ-based Counseling practice. We salute both of these servants of God among others who completed their credential program this quarter.
 Christ-based Counseling, Sexuality Becomes Credential Program
Marriage Minister of Major Church Caught in Sex-Sting
 We've maintained that there's a major issue concerning sexuality with believers nationwide. This was evident when marriage minister (Joe Barron) with the mega-ministry, Prestonwood Baptist in Plano, Texas was caught in a sex-sting operation. As long as ministries ignore these activities and their prevalence in the typical ministry, these acts will continue to be repeated. There's no argument that the issue of sexuality is a major concern for believers. Christ-based Counseling, Sexuality is the exclusive Christ-based Counseling book on sexuality. Whether you are counseling marriage, singles, homosexuality, or teens this certification program will help you with a well designed Christ-based approach to help believers. Remember the Barron's in your prayers.
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Featured A3CEES Ministry Support Leader (Dr. Jerry Huey)
 If you have ever considered matriculating with the CollegePlex, you have probably met Dr. Jerry Huey and his staff. Dr. Huey is the president of Potters Bible College, and the College of Professional Christian Studies.
A tireless and humble spirit, he does whatever necessary to support kingdom building. In a day when ministry-leaders stop preparing, Dr. Huey is a servant leader who is always involved in the development and preparation process for Jesus Christ. Among his many responsibilities he's also the Servant Leader of St. Matthew Baptist Church in Merced, California. Dr. Huey has an earned-doctorate in Christian Education, and a Master of Theology. He and his team provide an assortment of ministry related services in the local community. We commend him for his work in the kingdom, and we thank Dr. Huey for his critical contributions to A3CEES.
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Ministry Sensitive Programs
Maintain Ministry Vitality and
Avoids Making Debtors of God's Servants
 Ministries are the first to feel the effects of economic downturns. Ahead-of-the-game, A3CEES with ministry sensitive tuition and fees maintain ministry vitality through these periods. One of the operations principles of A3CEES is what we call "ministry sensitive tuition." This means we desire to offer qualitative and viable licensure and educational programs for ministry service without making a believer a debtor. During this period, we are discovering as a nation that assuming major debt is a stifling plague. We are dedicated to ensuring that we develop God's people without making them debtors.
The A3CEES' scholarship programs have been very successful. We continue to attract believers nationwide into the licensing, and Christian educational programs. We are so pleased that many of you have responded in such a marvelous way.
If you enter programming that equips you for service, God will open the doors of opportunity. Thanks for choosing us. Dr. DavidSon.
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Save Time, Fuel and Money by Attending a Live Virtual Summer Workshop and Q&A
in A3CEES' Virtual Ministry Center
(Remember, you can attend wherever you are)
Persons desiring to attend must contact hisglory@christbasedcounseling.org to make reservations for any of the sessions on the schedule.
Attendees must have a computer and internet connection. A web cam is preferable, but not required. An A3CEES support person will help you with entering the ministry center before the date you plan to attend.
Save the Christian Marriage, Save the Family, Save a Soul (Course 0608): Dr. Davidson and his guest, Marriage Minister Vincent Williams will talk about issues destroying Christian marriages, and keys on maintaining or resurrecting your relationship. Thursday, June 28 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. You can be a part of the live audience. Fee: None, Duration: 60-90 minutes.
Current Issues and Ethics in Christ-based Ministries (Course 0708): Dr. DavidSon will meet with Christ-based Counselors and Faith-life coaches to talk about the pit-falls and traps challenging pastoral and counseling ministries. The must nots, should nots, and why nots will be covered. Also, with states approving gay marriage, how to manage this development along with other topics. We want clergy, counselors, coaches and educators to protect and wisely manage their ministries for Jesus Christ. This important session will ensure that you are mindful of procedures and laws that you need to operate a viable Christ-based ministry. This is an update to the Laws and Policies requirement in the credential programs. Fee: Current Christ-based Counselors, Coaches, etc. no fee. Persons who are auditing or need the CEU to renew credentials: $35.00, Duration: 60 minutes. Date: Thursday, July 17 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern.
Growing a Web-based Ministry (Course 0808a): If you have a web-based ministry, or you plan to have one, Dr. DavidSon will share insights that will help your ministry reach maximum impact for Jesus. Learn how you can improve your ministry on-line. Fee: $35.00 (CEU or audit). Duration: 60 - 90 minutes. Date and Time: Two sessions (Saturday, August 9th, 10:00 am Eastern and Repeated, August 9th 10:00 am Pacific). Use the offering button at Christbasedcounseling.org to pay your fee. This will also be your reservation. Be sure to give the course and time you plan to attend.
Believers and Sexuality (Course 0808b): Ever wonder, what can married couples do sexually. Maybe you had questions concerning what singles can do to maintain themselves. Perhaps you know someone who is sexually addicted, or a spouse who has a low libido. Counseling involving homosexuality is an issue and much more. Dr. DavidSon will be discussing the Believer and Sexuality. Fee (CEU or audit): $35.00, Duration: 60 - 90 minutes, Date and time: Two sessions (Saturday August 23 at 10 am Eastern, and repeated at 10:00 am Pacific. Use the offering button at Christbasedcounseling.org to pay your fee. This will also be your reservation. Be sure to include the course and time you will attend.
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Sixty Two Percent AWOL Membership (A Pressing Issue for Pastors and Church Leaders Concerned About Souls ... A Mission Field Within the Walls of the Local Church)
 The Christ-based concept is that we leave the ninety-nine to find the one. The problem has been with churches as long as I can recall. People join a local fellowship, and you rarely if ever see them again. We all gravitate toward numbers. Our church has 5,000 members. Our church has 10,000 members. Our church has 50,000. You know the term. We call them mega-churches.
Last week (week of June 9th) the nation's largest and most prestigious protestant denomination held their annual conference. They have more hospitals, schools, churches, foreign missionaries, finances, and consulting resources than any other protestant denomination. My point is, they know the numbers. They report that on any given Sunday only 38% of their six-teen million members nationwide actively attend church. If you know anything about inferential statistics, you realize this is a massive sample - even if it's not scientific.
That is, while there are exceptions, this is probably the case with the majority of the local churches regardless of the denomination. This is an age-old problem that is referred to as the "back-door." People join a church in the front door and slip out of the back-door as it were. It is evident in practically every local church, BUT 62% AWOL.
I think you would agree with me, this is absolutely unacceptable. And this particular denomination agreed. My conscience church experience covers more than 40 years, and I recall church leaders wrestling with this issue. Well, this denomination experienced a major breakthrough. What was the breakthrough? By resolution, they declared what they call, "Regenerate Church Membership." Actually, it is rather controversial. Among other recommendations, they are recommending to their clergy leaders to uphold higher standards for membership (i.e., discipleship) and reduce their membership rolls if necessary to reflect attendance and not persons who simply show an interest on a given day. As you can imagine, the arguments against this are endless.
Given certain follow-up and discipleship care provisions with new "pre-members," I agree wholeheartedly with the concept, and I believe it also underscores a larger issue. Even the way we have introduced discipleship to potential converts since the 1960s has contributed to the dilemma. Rightfully moving away from salvation by works, we have contributed to what I call, "welfare Christians." Please allow me to use the term. In many cases we simply want persons to raise-a-hand, or say a few magic words and they get the benefits. This is where the follow-up and discipleship care early-on is as important as the evangelistic effort. Satan and his organization is right-there waiting to destroy any effort that is not followed with an immediate and relentless care-effort. Jesus' illustration of the four hearers is all we need to know to understand the satanic operation. Nevertheless, I will be talking more about this in the future, and I have some robust concepts that could be helpful with churches of any size. Meanwhile, let's not forget the 38% while we launch internal-evangelistic efforts to find the 62%. There's a mission field within the walls of the local church.
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This Edition's CBC Principle
The counselee must stay in the process. |
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When You Encounter Website Course Errors
On occasion we have persons who report that a page, or something is giving an error when they attempt to submit an assignment or exam.
As you can imagine, we have numerous students accessing courses and pages at any given time. So, please observe the following:
1. Make sure you have entered information correctly, and click the submit button.
2. Your level of firewall security must be lowered or turned-off.
3. Use Microsoft Internet Explorer as your browser.
4. Also, remember that maximum server usage occurs between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern weekdays, and 7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. Eastern weekdays.
5. The very best times are early morning hours, late evenings, and weekends.
Usually, this will fix whatever is causing the error when you attempt to submit an assign-ment.
Here's other tips: Always save your information. Do this by dragging the web page, copy, and paste it to a Word document. Then save the document with a name.
Also, if desired, you can read the questions on the web-page and type your answers into a Word document. You can attach the Word document to an email, and submit your assignment or examination by email.
Immediately, we will begin responding within minutes by text message when you identify a system problem. Wait momentarily, and you may receive a text message responding to your specific issue.
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Christ Based Counselor's Catalog 
Christ-based Counseling Books |
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Counselors and Faith-life Coaches in the Credential Process
Current Credential Testing : Debra Sypolt, Vandergrift, PA (Open Exams); Pastor Willie Monnet (Open Exams), Burnet, TX; Claudette Monnet (Open Exams), Burnet, TX; Deborah Prichard (Open Exams), Erwin N.C.; Temeca Hughes (Open Exams), Lewisville, TX; Andrea Hughes (Open Exams), Lewisville, TX; Niashyria Scott (Open Exams), Houston, TX; Yvette Rush (Open Exams), Huntsville, TX;Rita Gaines, (Open Exams) Benecia, CA;Clark D. Williams (Open Exams), Mountain Home, ID; Rufus O. Aiguokhian (successful, Faith-life Coach), Dallas, TX; Traci Petteway (successful,
AMLP), Lewisville, TX;Harold Keeter (Applicant), Tulia, Tx; Jerry Beaty (Applicant), Charolette N.C.; Lucas (Open Exams), Houston, TX;John and Mae Baree, Lewisville, TX (Open Exams); Steven Hicks, Brooklyn NY (Open Exams); Pastor Nolan Jackson, Newborn GA (Open Exams), Dr. Linda McMurray, Merced, CA (Open Exams), Lisa Davis, Charolette, N.C. (Applicant), Carletha Moore, Garland, Tx (Applicant), Angela Ayers, Jessup, MD (applicant),
Rodrick Caldwell, Enterprise, AL (applicant)
Elaine Lister, Chino Hills, CA (opened-exams),
Sandra Hall, Sweetwater, TN (opened-exams),
Fran Riedemann, Leakwood, KS (opened-exams),
Lisa Davis (applicant),
William E. Worl, Peru, Indiana (opened-exams)
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Forgiven Offenders Ministry Continues to Reach-Out and Minister for Jesus
 Our FO Ministry continues to find its sea-legs. Led by Jackie Sparling (left), we have a number of initiatives including: Workshops and worship services for forgiven offenders, specialized counseling, and other tangible supports. Jackie maintains an eye on legislation and regularly coordinates with other organizations. However, A3CEES' FO ministry represents a significant change compared to similar offender ministries. Please pray for A3CEES and Jackie as they minister and work with persons who are shunned by the typical church ministry. While man may never forgive a person, thank the Lord, we serve a forgiving God.
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Ministry Quick Links
Previously Featured Christ-based Counselors and Staff
Dr. Connie Lee, LPC, AMLP, NACCBC Ministry Support
Dr. Stephen Murphy
Dr. Dennise Bates, AMLP, CCBC, A3CEES Ministry Support Leader, Bates Pregnancy Center, Christian Counseling Solutions and everyone's favorite help in a time of A3CEES need. Belief Therapy
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A3CEES Begins PR Campaign for 5 thru 12th Academy  Responding to the continuing and growing need to place children in an educational setting consistent with their faith, A3CEES has launched a national academy. All of the programming will be faith-based with major advantages including extraordinary tuition for private education. Interested parties should visit our academy for prospective students. Additionally, we are currently building a register of administrative staff and faculty positions. Please visit the web site employment link for more information. Karen Ridgeway is the project leader for the ministry. Karen is a Christ-based Counseling AMLP, and Faith-life Coach. She's also an administrator with the Elk Grove School District in the Sacramento, California area. Please pray for her as she leads this important effort in kingdom building and preparing our children for life everyday. Ecbacademy.org | |
