The Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling program prepares students to serve as staff servant-leaders involved in non-professional counseling of people in a variety of agency and ministry settings. These can include churches and service organizations.

The courses provide students with a foundation based on biblical principles to supply the values, knowledge, and skills needed to work effectively as a lay counselor. This degree program is well suited for students seeking professional licensure as a counselor and as a people-helper, although it does not meet all the current licensure requirements in Malaysia.

The distinctive of this program is a well rounded program; integrating counseling knowledge, skills, and strategies with biblical foundations and faith practices. When students have completed this program of study, they will have received a comprehensive graduate experience that prepares them cognitively, clinically, and spiritually.

MODEL OF INSTRUCTION
The various elements of the model provide a framework for assessing problem areas and for the design and implementation of preventative and remediation strategies. These are the elements of the model:

• Systematic and sequential learning.
• Scriptural understanding of human nature.
• Focus on emotional and spiritual issues of individuals. 
• Combination of academic instruction on campus and online as well as clinical fieldwork.

LEARNING VALUES

• Integration as a process.
• Use of tools and guides.
• Faith principles integrated within counseling practice.