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Student-Faculty Ratio
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Post Graduate Employment
BS, MA
DEGREES
Programs Offered
Bachelor of Science
The Biblical Counseling major does not just simply integrate models and theories into its courses. Each course is undergirded with the very foundation of sacred Scripture. Every single course in our department is geared to reinforce and challenge our students to counsel from a biblical worldview…all to the glory of God. Open the Course Planner to see a breakdown of required and elective courses and total credit hours required for this major.
Bachelor of Science in Biblical Counseling

Bachelor of Science in Biblical Counseling
Open the Course Planner to see a breakdown of required and elective courses and total credit hours required for this major.
Accelerated 5-Year Degree Option
Earn a Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling in as few as five years.
5-Year BS & MA in Biblical Counseling

Earn a Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling in as few as five years.
Graduates will be able to:
- Identify and explain different counseling perspectives in contrast to the biblical worldview.
- Formulate a biblical philosophy of counseling.
- Practice communication skills needed for biblical counseling.
- Examine counselee’s problems and evaluate solutions from a biblical worldview.
- Integrate their biblical knowledge with their counseling methodology and practice.
- Synthesize information in biblical counseling to prepare student for Master’s level
coursework.
Master of Arts
Continue your education with a graduate degree in Biblical Counseling.
Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling

The Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling degree provides a graduate-level, biblically, theologically, and psychologically focused education for men and women who desire to enter into biblical counseling service. The training prepares men and women to engage as counselors in churches, para-church organizations, and various community settings. The program utilizes courses from three distinct and interconnected cores (Bible and Worldview, Theology, and Counseling) to provide students with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary for effective biblical counseling practice.
Graduates will be able to:
- The student will utilize critical thinking to formulate a counseling theology, philosophy, methodology, and practice founded in Scripture.
- The student will identify and explain how different counseling perspectives compliment and contrast a Biblical worldview.
- The student will be able to practice counseling skills.
- The student will be able to practice self-care.
- The student will be prepared for the National Counselors Exam and Missouri licensing procedures.
Online Biblical Counseling Degree
Through Calvary University’s blended model of education, students can earn their online college degree from virtually anywhere in the world.
Biblical Counseling Department Objectives
The Biblical Counseling program seeks to prepare students to:
- Articulate a biblical philosophy of counseling.
- Demonstrate Christian character qualities necessary for a Biblical counseling ministry.
- Possess a basic knowledge of the counseling process.
- Identify people problems.
- Help the student develop communication skills needed for counseling one-on-one and in small group situations.
Biblical Counseling Program Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Contrast different counseling theories and models to the biblical worldview.
- Formulate a biblical philosophy of counseling.
- Practice basic counseling skills necessary for advising and guiding counselees.
- Apply the consistent literal grammatical-historical method of the Bible to identify counselee’s problems and evaluate solutions from a biblical worldview.
- Integrate the biblical worldview with their counseling methodology and practice.
- Employ APA style to prepare student for master’s level coursework.
Potential Career Paths for Biblical Counseling Graduates
A Biblical Counseling degree prepares students for a range of careers in Christian counseling.
Here are a few potential career paths:
- Establishing a Biblical Counseling Center in the Local Church
- Biblical Counselor
- Counseling or Staff for a Para-church ministry or organization
- Supplemental Counselor for Pastor/Youth Pastor/Missionaries
- Working for Non-profit organization
- Associate Pastor of Biblical Counseling
- Victim’s advocate
- Residential Specialist for victims of abuse or human trafficking
Meet the Biblical Counseling Department Faculty


Dr. Jeffrey Cox, M.S., D.Min.
Program Director of Graduate Biblical Counseling, Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling
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Dr. Luther Smith, M.A., M.A., Psy.D.
Dean of the College, Department Chair of Biblical Counseling, Professor of Biblical Counseling
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