Dissertation Guidelines: The candidate's dissertation idea should be submitted in writing at the outset of study. The Christian Counseling student should speak with someone from the seminary academic team about dissertation ideas. Such themes may include dealing with divorce, anger, abuse, depression, addictions among others. There are hundreds of possibilities so please email or call the school and discuss your theme idea. The dissertation should be written in such a way that it would be worthy of public distribution. Every dissertation submitted will be considered and read with the prospects of publication. While no student is required to publish the dissertation it is certainly a worthy way of preserving and circulating the student's work. The dissertation should introduce the theme and then in detail research the theme and provide in lay language the exposition or details of the theme. Footnotes and research notes should be noted numerically after each quote with the source listed at the end of the paper. This paper may be started at the beginning of the doctoral program with approval of a seminary academic team leader. It may not be turned in until the six core courses are fulfilled. Purpose:The doctoral student will increase his/her understanding in this area of Christian ministry. The core courses and dissertation will demonstrate academic and practical understanding. Degree Requirements: The doctoral candidate must have a Bachelor's and Master's degree approved by our seminary before admission into the program is granted. The student must prove that he/she possesses the academic background capable of pursuing the Doctoral degree. After consultation and review the administrative faculty team will determine if the candidate qualifies for admission. All correspondence  may be emailed to newburghseminary@aol.com or mailed to the school address at: Newburgh Theological Seminary Newburgh College of the Bible P.O. Box 1238 Newburgh, Indiana 47629 Email work to us at newburghseminary@aol.com Assignments mailed to the school should always be accompanied with a self addressed stamped envelope so that the work may be returned. Verbatims: The Doctoral Candidate should present Christian care/counseling verbatims. If you have a Master of Christian Counseling degree from our school you will need only five verbatims. If you do not have the Master of Christian Counseling from our school you will need ten verbatims. Verbatims are two to three page papers that report a Christian care/counseling situation. This may be an actual counseling situation or talking to somebody at the hospital or nursing home or other ministry setting. The verbatim simply and briefly reports the conversation. Curriculum: Six core courses of study related to the doctoral field and one research dissertation. Research dissertations average about 70 pages. We have approved some as low as 55 pages if they are very well done. Some disserations have come in from 200 to 300 pages but we prefer a dissertation from 55 to 100 pages in length.  The six core course books may be selected from our suggested textbooks on this page. All books may be ordered at one time, however, students are encouraged to take one course at a time. Each book constitutes five hours of credit or one course. The student may suggest up to three alternate textbooks to be approved by a faculty team advisor. These books do not include the student's list of books that will be used in writing the dissertation project.

Each book may be ordered at Amazon. com or your local bookstore. DCC 600 Christian Counseling Ethics: A Handbook for Therapists, Pastors,  & Counselors by Randolph K. Sanders DCC 700 The Marriage Vows, by Glenn Mollette (currently unavailable but should be published by end of 2008) DCC 710  Christian Counseling a Comprehensive Guide, by Gary R. Collins DCC 720 Psychology, Theology and Spirituality in Christian Counseling, by  Mark R. McMinn Ph. D. DCC 730 The Biblical Basis of Christian Counseling for People Helpers: Relating DCC 740 the Basic Teachings of Scripture to People's Problems by Gary R. Collins DCC 750 Boundaries in Marriage, by Dr. Henry Cloud DCC 760 The Healing Path: How Hurts in Your Past Can Lead You to a More Abundant Life, by Dan B. Allender DCC 770 Sex, Men, and God: A Godly Man's Roadmap to Sexual Success, by Dr. Doug Weiss DCC 780 The Practice of Spiritual Direction, by William A. Barry DCC 790 Ministry and Community: Recognizing Community and Preventing Ministry Impairment, by Len Sperry DCC 800 Healing Relationships: Christians Manual of Lay Counseling, by Stephan Grunlan DCC 810 Beyond Forgiveness: The Healing Touch of Church Discipline, by Don Baker DCC 830 Healing of Memories: Prayer and Confession, Steps to Inner Healing, by Matthew Linn DCC 840 The Healing Church: Practical Programs for Health Ministries, by Abigail Evans DCC 860 Healing the Dysfunctional Church Family, by David Mains DCC 870 Churches that Heal: Becoming a Church that Mends Broken Hearts and Restores Shattered Lives, by Doug Murren DCC 880 The Miracle of Healing in Your Church Today, by Jim Lynn DCC 900 Silent Struggler by Glenn Mollette DCC 910 Nursing Home Nightmares by Glenn Mollette The doctoral program may be done at your own pace. However, we do encourage the completion of this program in two years. All papers should be typed, double-spaced. Please carefully review the paper carefully for correct spelling and grammar. The follow is a guide for writing the paper. We are simply looking for a good summary of the textbook. Graders want to see that you read and learned something from the material. For each book write a ten to twenty page paper summarizing the book. List up to ten principles presented by the book. Summarize at least one chapter of the book and explain why this chapter was meaningful to you. What was the strength of the book? What was the area of less interest to you that you read in the book? Explain what the overall theme of the book was about if it has one. How, if any, will this book be useful to you in your future work or ministry? Write up to three pages giving an overview of the book. The Paper for each book may be submitted to schoolassignment@aol.com or mailed to the school address at Newburgh Seminary, P.O. Box 1238, Newburgh, Indiana 47629. Assignments mailed to the school should always be accompanied with a SASE so that the work and grade may be returned.

Newburgh Theological Seminary Christian Counseling Certification is available to students who complete our program with distinction.   We also recommend NANC for continued training and certification.

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