GC 630: Counseling Ministry to the Bereaved

Course overview

Christianity has always viewed grief as a true human reality that is not to be escaped but accepted and transformed into something new and redeeming. GC 630 continues this Christian theology and attempts to apply it to ministry. The text for the course "The Unwanted Gift of Grief" exemplifies this notion as grief as a gift. The text is not intended for one to escape the pain but hopes to invite one into it and through that pain create a "transformation and new life". The course Christianizes the behavioral sciences not only within the text but also looks at the "Unwanted Gift of Grief" through the story of Job. This second text and commentary on Job nourishes the spirituality of the counselor and equips the counselor with greater understanding of one of the greater Old Testament works on grief. This CE Course is offered by the American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc. See: https://aihcp.net/spiritual-christian-counseling-ce-courses-program/