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Course Descriptions


Course 1 CNS101: Christian Counseling (Includes Online Videos and Textbook)
Course Covers:

This course covers the foundations of counseling. You will learn how to offer formal counseling through your church or to the public as a ministry. You will learn the different forms of counseling, how to incorporate counseling on a three-fold approach of spirit, soul, and body. You will learn how to recognize people's dominance of being either mind, will, or emotions.  You will learn about belief, choices, and Faith-based Therapy. Many forms and assessments are provided to assist the counselor. ​

  • Legal issues
  • Motivational gifts, soul dominance and personality
  • Opening a counseling center
  • Recognizing mental illness
  • The complete makeup of man
  • Twelve functions of a counselor​
  • Basics of counseling
  • Body language and interpersonal skills
  • Ethics
  • Faith-based Therapy™ and approach
  • Foundations of Faith
  • Identity/position/purpose/significance
  • Initial forms and assessments
  • Leading someone into salvation
Forms & Assessments in the manual:
  • Motivational Gifts Assessment
  • Soul Dominance Assessment
  • Release of Liability for Counseling Services
  • Consent for Release of Confidential Information
  • General Information - Short Form
  • Suicidal Physician Release Form
  • Counselor Notes Form
  • Client Initial Assessment Form
  • Spiritual Assessment Form
  • Detailed Client Information - Long Form​
Course 2 CNS102: Advanced Christian Counseling  (Includes Online Videos and Textbook) 
Course Covers:
This course gets into the issues that people have with themselves and with others. People either have a problem or they are the problem. This course is meant to help you discover the issues and then to help the client navigate the way forward. Counseling and healing are a process that takes steps and time. You will learn how to help the client work the process. Don't be surprised if you discover things about yourself as the Lord continues His work in you. 

  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Blended families
  • Co-dependency
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Eating Problems
  • Family issues
  • Forgiveness
  • Grief/loss
  • Homosexuality
  • Obsessive-compulsive
  • Premarital and marriage counseling
  • Reality Dissociation
  • Self-esteem
  • Sexual abuse
  • Sexual addictions
  • Stress
  • Suicide
Forms & Assessments:
  • Stress Symptometer
  • Co-Dependent Assessment
  • Anger Journal
  • Beck Depression Inventory
  • Symptometer for Detection of Physiological Depression
  • Home Thyroid Assessment
  • Obsessive Compulsive Record
  • Marriage Assessment

  • Marriage Similarities / Differences / Needs Assessment
  • Marriage Worksheet for Wife / Husband
  • Family Satisfaction Chart
  • Family Management Questionnaire
  • Occult Assessment
  • Sexual Addiction Assessment
  • Reality Symptometer
Course 3 CNS102: (GOD14®) Drug and Alcohol Recovery  (Includes Online Videos and Textbook)
Course Covers:
This course is one of IIFBC's flagship courses. It presents the G.O.D.14 program, which is Getting Off Drugs in 14 weeks. You will learn the dynamics of addiction, that being with substance abuse or addictive lifestyles without drugs. The recovery program has shown to have high success rate for those that finish the 14 week program. This is because the program presents healing of body, soul, and spirit. The addictive body and brain chemistry is restored with nutrition and detoxification. The lies and hurts must be resolved. And the spirit needs the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. This course shows you how to bring these three facets together into one recovery program. 

  • AA and NA
  • An overview of drug and alcohol education
  • Detox categories
  • Disease of alcoholism
  • Family dynamics
  • Identification of the addiction
  • Neurotransmitters and chemistry re-balancing
  • Prescription Drugs
  • Program registration/Legalities
  • Recovery flowchart
  • Relapse and enabling
  • Screening
  • Scriptural steps
  • Fourteen-week recovery plan
  • Steps to breaking physical addition
  • Supplementation and precautions
Forms & Assessments:
  • Drug Screening
  • Are You An Alcoholic
  • Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test
  • Drug/Alcohol Rating of Symptom Levels
  • Drug Related Detailed Assessment
  • Hypoglycemia Questionnaire
  • Food Allergy Questionnaire
  • Chemical Screening Questionnaire​
  • Texas State Registration with TCADA
  • 14 week day-to-day recovery workbook

Course 4 BIB200: Deliverance & Inner Healing
Course Covers:
A third of Jesus's ministry was deliverance of evil spirits. This course answers important questions such as "Do evil spirits oppress people today?" and "Can Christians be affected by evil spirits?" In this course you will learn:
• misconceptions about deliverance
• the scriptural basis for deliverance
• curses and the power of false judgment
• preparation for deliverance ministry
• praying for the deliverance of others
• and the deliverance of places.


Course 5 CNS105: Crisis & Trauma
Course Covers:
This course is a practical guide for those in situations that require immediate action in emergency situations. This course will help prepare you to be a first responder and how to handle the affects of trauma. You will learn:
  • crisis intervention
  • trauma and loss - the first 72 hours
  • how to counsel the depressed
  • the suicidal
  • those going through divorce
  • children and adolescents in crisis, and more

Course 6 BIB210: Ministerial Ethics
Course Covers:
Ministers must walk by the highest standard of ethics. This course will challenge, as well as, encourage spiritual ethics beyond a secular view. You will learn how to deal with ethical decisions and dilemmas in the areas of morality, money, relationships, church positions, and more. This course covers three fundamental areas:
  • the scriptural basis for christian ethics
  • ethics and church doctrine
  • and ethics in practical ministry. 

Course 7 BIB220: Ecclesiastical Ordinances
Course Covers:
This class is an essential tool for new and busy ministers.  It is invaluable for any ministerial person that needs practical guidance in almost any area of ministry. You will have a template for procedures and conduct for the hard duties which often besets or surprises a minister. This course features outlines and practical guidance for:
  • Sermons
  • Worship services
  • Weddings
  • Funerals
  • Ordinations
  • Communion meditations
  • Baptisms
  • Dedications
  • Hospital visitation
  • Evangelism and much more!​

Course 8 BIB230: Doctrinal Foundations
Course Covers:
Every minister should know what they believe and be able to back it up with scripture. The purpose of this course is to teach you theology with scripture. Scripture teaches scripture and this course is heavily referenced with scripture and provides one of the most relevant and clear presentations of the doctrines of the faith. This course is designed to reinforce the truth of scripture rather than indoctrinate.​

Course 9A/B BIB240: Kings & Kingdoms
Course Covers:
This course is about forgiving people for deeds done in the past. But what you will learn is how to handle situations where the trespasser continues their hurtful behavior despite knowing how much pain they are causing. The character of a minister is determined by the depth of the cross. In this course you will your past offenses through forgiveness, brokenness, and an understanding of spiritual authority.
                  A Tale of Three Kings by Gene Edwards  /   Total Forgiveness by R.T. Kendall

Course 10A/B BIB250: Prayer & Perspectives
Course Covers:
There are those that navigate the compass of their life on biblical explanation, while others base their course the moving of the Spirit. In this course you will learn the safety and the power of balancing your life on "marrying" of the two - the Word and the Spirit. ​This course relates to the destiny of the church in eternity and with Christ. You will learn the simple reality that God has chosen to use your prayers to move mountains, break chains of bondage, and change societies. You WILL want to pray more after this course.
      The Word and the Spirit by Paul Cain, R. T. Kendall  /   Destined for the Throne by Bill Billheimer

Course 11 CNS111: Law Enforcement Stress Management
Course Covers:
If you are going to be working with law enforcement, then this course is for you. And it should also be for the officer and their family. This course will prevent future problems, solve current problems and provide answers for things always thought were inevitable "parts of the job". This course is excellent for all first responders. This course will open your eyes to police life and it will help you understand your clients. ​

Course 12 BIB260: Foundations of the Christian Faith (manual is a pdf download)
Course Covers:
Hebrews 6:1  Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2  of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3  And this we will do if God permits. This course is about laying the foundations stated in Heb. 6:1-2. This is a foundational course and it will help you to lay your foundations. Having done so you will be equipped to go on to perfection.
     Salvation by Grace (Introduction)
1. The Lordship of Christ
2. The Authority of Scripture
3. Repentance from Dead Works
4. Faith Toward God
5. Water Baptism
6. Baptism in the Holy Spirit
7. Laying on of Hands
8. Resurrection of the Dead and Eternal Judgment
9. The Importance of Prayer


Course 13A/B BIB290: How to Pray for Healing (manual is a pdf download)
Course Covers:
What an exciting time to be alive in Christ! God’s plan for the church is coming to a crowning point, a culmination of all that He has planned in Christ Jesus. The church will walk in the fullness of His power and authority! This course is about taking the gospel of the kingdom to the world and “these signs shall follow them that believe”.
What you will experience in this course?
  • Understanding who you are in Christ
  • The authority of the believer
  • The role of faith in prayer
  • The benefit of confession
  • Praying for guidance
  • How to pray for physical healing
  • Praying for inner healing
  • A balanced approach to understanding deliverance
  • Understanding spiritual warfare

Course 14 CNS114: Codependency
Course Covers:
A codependent is anyone who seeks their self worth, confidence, or even their own identity from someone or something other than from the Lord - hence, the term "dependency." We were created to be dependent on Him. This course presents a key to understanding codependency and to unlocking its hold on life. This course can be a game-changer with all of its real life examples that spark discovery to ourselves and others. When we can see the reasons why we do what they do, we can then see the need for repentance. This course is about helping your client with self-discovery, and how to walk out of the bondage of their cycles and thought patterns. 

Course 15 CNS115: Financial Peace
Course Covers:
This course is about having a practical no nonsense strategy to get out of debt. Finances are not taught in high school and it is "normal" for families to be in debt and live that way.  But when a family gets in over their heads and a setback occurs the relationships suffer. Money matters is one of the biggest arguments in marriage, and marriages need to find a way out. The material in this course is in a workbook format, allowing the clients to frequently monitor their progress and make difficult choices.
In this course you will learn how to:
• Assess the urgency of the financial situation
• Understand where the money is going
• Create a realistic budget
• Dump the debt
• Clean up the credit rating  

Course 16 FAM116: Love and Respect
Course Covers:
Discover one of the single greatest secrets to a successful marriage. It is in the Bible and psychologists have been affirming it for years.  Unconditional respect is as powerful for him as unconditional love is for her. How does a wife communicate respect to her husband, and how does a husband communicate love to his wife? This course shows you how to stop the cycle that starts arguments and how to start the cycle that generates love and respect. You will learn how to help those in marital crisis or those that just need help to improve their intimacy. Great techniques for anyone doing marriage counseling. 

Course 17 FAM117: Parenting Boundaries
Course Covers:
Many parents attempt to raise their children to be good by not letting them do bad things, and they use anger as their tool. But children must learn to make wise choices from the consequences thereof. And that can only be accomplished by providing boundaries that have consequences. This course is a parenting course with practical guidance that parents need to raise their kids to take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, and emotions. 
 In this course you will learn how to:
  • Define appropriate boundaries and consequences for kids
  • Set limits and still be a loving parent
  • Bring balance to an out-of-control family life
  • Apply the ten laws of boundaries to parenting
  • Understand the six steps to implementing boundaries in the home

Course 18A/B BIB300: Biblical Freedom Techniques (manual is a pdf download)
Course Covers:
This course is a two-part workshop with two different instructors for anyone wanting scriptural and practical guidance to minister deliverance from demonic spirits.
Part A
Demonic Spirits in the Bible
Curses and Judgments
Practical Deliverance
Part B
Basic Bible Demonology
Identifying Strongholds
Discovering Demonic Open Doors
Deliverance from Demons 101
Inner Healing: Healing emotional wounds
Deliverance in a Nutshell

Course 19 CNS119: Removing Poverty
Course Covers:
How do you discern the difference between showing the love and compassion of Christ and enabling lazy or misguided people.  Unlimited charity keeps people dependent and is not always the "loving" thing to do. Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it. This course emphasizes rehabilitation and recovery as a better alternative. Although this course might make you uncomfortable, it quickly offers hope in the form of understandable, feasible new strategies that better grasp the dignity of the materially poor. This course explores biblical principles in terms of real-life situations to offer real help and grace-filled answers for such questions. This course is about proven strategies for effective poverty alleviation, catalyzing the idea that sustainable change comes not from the outside in, but from the inside out. 

Course 20 FAM120: Parenting
Course Covers:
This course was designed to help adoptive and foster parents better understand how to build strong and lasting connections with their children. It makes use of a study guide that can be used counseling sessions or in group settings. The free pdf study guide (Created to Connect) was created by Dr. Karyn Purvis and Michael & Amy Monroe. It illuminates the biblical principles that serve as the foundation for the philosophy and interventions detailed in Dr. Purvis’ book, The Connected Child. 
Watch as Dr. Purvis Explains the Heart Behind Created To Connect.  https://youtu.be/0jSox23XkTE
​The chapters in the study guide are:
  • Chapter 1 – Hope and Healing
  • Chapter 2 – Where Your Child Began
  • Chapter 3 – Solving the Puzzle of Difficult Behavior
  • Chapter 4 – Disarming the Fear Response with Felt Safety
  • Chapter 5 – Teaching Life Values
  • Chapter 6 – You Are the Boss
  • Chapter 7 – Dealing with Defiance
  • Chapter 8 – Nurturing at Every Opportunity
  • Chapter 9 – Proactive Strategies to Make Life Easier
  • Chapter 10 – Supporting Healthy Brain Chemistry
  • Chapter 11 – Handling Setbacks
  • Chapter 12 – Healing Yourself to Heal Your Child

​Course 21 BIB310: Warfare
Course Covers:
The battlefield is in the mind and this course is about how to renew the mind. It will help you and anyone you are trying to help.  Worry, doubt, confusion, depression, self-pity, anger, and feelings of condemnation are all attacks on the mind. This course will show you how to help others by when they learn how to change their thoughts. The course teaches how to deal with thousands of thoughts that people think every day and how to focus the mind the way God thinks. 

Course 22 CNS122: Forms of Anger
Course Covers:
Everyone deals with anger. It is a normal emotion, but when not handled correctly it becomes destructive and affects relationships. Being angry can also involve such emotional expressions as frustration, irritability, annoyance, aggravation, impatience, or blowing off steam. The good news is that anger can be managed and resolved.

This course is a work book driven program that can be used to help clients discover, manage, and resolve their anger issues.  What will you learn?

  • Identify the best ways to handle anger
  • Understand how pride, fear, loneliness, and inferiority feed anger
  • Uncover and eliminate the myths that perpetuate anger, such as: - "Letting go of my anger means I am conceding defeat" or "No one understands my unique problems."
  • Identify learned patterns of relating, thinking, and behaving that influence anger.​​

Course 23 FAM123: Marriage Boundaries
Course Covers:
Healthy boundaries are the property lines that define and protect you and your spouse as individuals. Once they are in place, a good marriage can become better or even saved from divorce. Counselors need to know how to help couples establish healthy boundaries.
What will you learn?
  • Set and maintain personal boundaries and respect those of your spouse
  • Understand and practice two key ingredients to a successful marriage: freedom and responsibility
  • Establish values that form a godly structure and architecture for your marriage
  • Protect your marriage from different kinds of "intruders"
  • Work with a spouse who understands and values boundaries - or with one who doesn't

Course 24 BIB270: Biblical Naturopathy (pdf download)
Course Covers:
God does have a health plan and it is based on the principles found in the Bible.  God does heal both naturally and supernaturally. People perish for lack of knowledge, and without the knowledge of God's ways we are led to our own demise. What will you learn in this course?
  • What is a Biblical naturopathic doctor
  • Biblical philosophy of healing
  • Creation and makeup of man
  • Scriptural principles for understanding and restoring health
  • Causes of disease
  • Things that block healing
  • History of naturopathy and the forefathers of health and healing
  • The mind and heart of God
  • Health in America
  • Introduction to the techniques of health evaluation
  • Introduction to healing modalities
  • Genetics, predispositions, and generational curses
  • Biblical examples of natural healing
  • Physical to spiritual analogies
  • Foods of the Bible

Course 25 NUT440: Emotional Biochemistry
Course Covers:
This a a practical course on understanding the physical principles of mental health. It is about how to help yourself and others to obtain and retain mental well-being.
In this course you will learn how to:
  • Screen for emotional and behavioral symptoms
  • Recognize the mental and physical clues that indicate biochemical imbalances
  • Heal depression and anxiety with vitamins and minerals
  • Stabilize mood swings and with essential fatty acids
  • Choose the right foods for optimal mental fitness
  • Rejuvenate the body with key natural hormones
  • Find safe alternatives to prescription drugs ​.

Course 26 FAM126: Seasons of a Marriage
Course Covers:
Depending upon the ups and downs of life and its challenges, marriages are perpetually in a state of transition and continually moving from one season to another. The purpose of this course is to describe these recurring seasons of marriage, how to identify which season the marriage is in, and show how to enhance a marriage in whatever season it is in. This course is full of practical advice and offers many different ways to help a marriage, heal a marriage, and how to get through tough times. 

Course 27 FAM127: Dysfunctional Families
Course Covers:
We all need to make peace with our past. This course is a study guide that offers practical biblical-based guidance that leads someone to identify, understand, and come to terms with the feelings of growing up in a dysfunctional family. Clients can do the study on their own or in a group setting. It is composed of 12 sessions.
This course will help any adult who grew up in a home in which one of the family members had emotional needs so strong that they disrupted the development of healthy relationships.  Participants will understand their problems from the past and identify and remove emotional, psychological, and spiritual barriers to having fellowship with God.

Course 28 CNS128: Sexual Addictions
Course Covers:
Sexual addiction is an epidemic across nations and is a huge problem within the church. 
  • This course offers a path that leads beyond compulsive thoughts and behaviors to healing and transformation.
  • This course offers meaningful, spiritual, and practical steps to healing and freedom from sexual addiction.
  • This course goes beyond the usual "pray and believe" simplicity and digs into a day-by-day approach to overcoming sexual addictions.  

Course 29 FAM129: Children and Money
Course Covers:
This course is a great coaching and parenting tool for a no-nonsense approach for teaching kids and teens the basics of money. What can be learned?
  • Where money comes from
  • The value of hard work
  • How to save, spend, and give
  • Debt, and how to avoid it
  • Paying cash for college
  • Living responsibly
Course 30 LCO130: Leadership Coaching
Course Covers:
This course is an essential tool for anyone who wants to learn to coach or improve their coaching skills. It covers basic coaching values and mindset, how to carry on a coaching conversation, and basic concepts like goals and actions.
  • Part I is an in-depth look at how coaching fits with the purposes of God. Starting with key biblical concepts about how God builds leaders, this course presents an integrated, values-based paradigm for leadership coaching.
  • Part II uses a hands-on, interactive approach to show you how to coach. Utilizing the seven key elements of effective coaching as a framework, each facet of the coaching relationship is explained in detail. 
  • If you are going to get into coaching, this is the course to start with. 

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