Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling
Experienced. Flexible. Innovative.

The Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling degree evolved based on years of practical counseling ministry experience by members and staff of Faith Church. Our faculty includes some of the best professors in their respective specialties from all over the country. Our distinctive program - unique among other seminaries - combines this expertise and academics to teach you to be a leader in counseling ministry.

While this training is intensely practical and effective, the MABC program is not designed to lead students toward a counseling licensure within their state.

10,000

Counselors trained by Faith Church and FBS in the Bible to minister to the lives of hurting people

2,000

Hours of free counseling provided to the community each year through Faith Biblical Counseling ministries

30

Years of active counseling work by FBS graduates and faculty, as well as Faith Church members and staff

100%

Of our faculty hold doctoral degrees in the subject area they teach at Faith Seminary

The MABC Student Experience

Our 36-hour program starts in the classroom and finishes in the counseling room, built on topics covered in three tiers of classes

Foundations

Establishing principles to grow, with an introduction to counseling, Bible study, theology, the heart, and self-counsel

Theory

Applying foundational principles to life by discussing topics like family problems, fear, worry, pornography, and many more

Counseling Application

Making the move from the classroom to the counseling room with the goal of training men and women who will serve as leaders in the counseling and discipleship ministries

Learn about our Academics

"I chose FBS because I wanted to make sure that my preaching was reaching the heart of people… I’m hoping that my preaching ministry will be enhanced by this degree. We also use counseling as an outreach to the community, and having a master’s degree even as a pastor and as a church exemplifies that we’re serious, that we have studied hard, and that we can make a contribution to your life, so I’m hoping that as people come in, they find that this Master’s degree has actually helped that."
- Shawn Otto, Pastor at Providence Mennonite Church

Counseling Training Impact

The decision to pursue a Master's in my 50's was really God-lead, having discovered counseling in a very personal way through the struggles of our daughter. Through God's providence she was directed to Vision of Hope. It was there through the loving application of God's word that she was literally transformed. And not only did this change her life, it changed me.