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Many individuals who inquire about our "Certification Training" and "Degree Program" are ordained ministers. These individuals who are licensed and/or ordained ministers can counsel anywhere in America and accept remuneration for this service without being affiliated with any state agency, i.e., without being state licensed. This is because the laws governing counseling in all states exempt "Clergy" from submitting to it's (the state's) lower authority. The First Amendment of our Constitution requires such exemption:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

What about the others, those individuals who are not ordained ministers or pastors? The call to counsel is just as real for them. They do not want to be state licensed and most certainly do not want to relinquish their right to represent Jesus Christ in their counseling ministry. They just want to answer and fulfill God's call on their lives.

Indeed, some are called to the high office of the pastorate. These persons should be ordained (set aside)by a church or a denomination and approved to perform all the duties of the pastorate, including the dispensation of the sacraments (giving Holy Communion and Baptizing).

However, there are many other types of Ministers or Clergy; i.e., Ministers of Music, Chaplains, Ministers of Administration, Missionaries, Youth Ministers, etc. All of these offices are understood by the state and federal government to be "Clergy."

The Ministry of Counseling is a valid ministry that is instituted by God. The call into this ministry is an awesome call that cannot be easily ignored.

Perhaps you are not called to pastor a church or to give Holy Communion or to Baptize. However, if you are called by God into the Ministry of Counseling, we can help you. You do not have to be Ordained; you can qualify to be commissioned as a "Commissioned Minister of Counseling." By doing this it will give you opportunities to accept God's call on your life.

Your local church/pastor can commission you as a "Commissioned Minister of Counseling" or you can take a course from us in order to be a "Commissioned Minister of Counseling."