The ministry of Overseas Instruction in Counseling (OIC) in Brazil began in June 2018, through Tiago Wagner’s desire for more qualified biblical counselors, for Tiago saw his country’s desperate need for biblical counseling.
s. In Adrian’s early pastoral career, he was told that he should be a psychologist instead of a pastor because of his interest in relational ministry. But, by that point, he had already come to recognize the most powerful tools available for transforming lives, “All major transformations have come from the Word of God and being accountable to the local church.”
The desire and passion to pastor missionaries defines Jenuan Lira’s purpose in ministry. He is one of the newly elected national coordinators of Overseas Instruction in Counseling (OIC) in Brazil. Having been born into a missions-loving family, Jenuan’s love for missionaries was influenced and nurtured from his youthful age.
Nic Wassell is a teacher for Overseas Instruction in Counseling (OIC) who serves periodically in Ethiopia leading OIC’s Church Leadership Training program (CLT) for a local group of pastors in eastern parts of the country, a region that is predominately Muslim. . . Nic originally intended to go to medical school in his early years. . .
A decade ago, upon his return home after theological training, Tiago quickly identified two major dilemmas that were present in his home state in Brazil. First, his home state was the least evangelized in the country. Second, there was no biblical counseling training center or any local church that modeled biblical counseling in their ministry.
While working with a youth organization in Belgium, Anne Dryburgh began to see the great need for certified biblical counselors to minister to and train the local women. She also met many abused women in marriages where children were present and/or fellow victims, which led her to pursue work in the areas of substance addictions, abuse, and depression. . .
Japan is the second country in the world where Christianity is in great decline, yet it is completely open to missionaries. Tak currently serves as a pastor at Uchinada Bible Church in Ishikawa. According to Tak, this local church is the largest evangelical gathering in Northwest Japan, with only 130 congregants. . . . Therefore, Tak and his wife, Sarah, can’t help but ask the fundamental question, “How can we help these people who are so suicidal? Pastors, who are so overwhelmed?”
What initially attracted Don to OIC was their combined emphasis on both missions and biblical counseling. He has personally experienced significant impact through biblical counseling as practical theology and the application of Scriptures to daily life. Due to this great impact on his own personal walk with the Lord, he has seen the great need for this type of training to be taken to the nations around the world as well.
Joe and Tara Miller know they have been entrusted with specific gifts and abilities for discipleship, counseling, and teaching. As such, serving with Overseas Instruction in Counseling’s Biblical counseling training ministry has given them the opportunity to utilize their gifts and calling effectively in building up the Christian church in Japan...
Many who have had the opportunity to engage with true Biblical counseling have had the same privilege as Rod and Mary Huber in watching the glory of God be made known throughout the nations as new Christian ministry leaders are trained in wise and compassionate soul care...
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“…what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.”
2 Timothy 2:2
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