Associate in Crisis and Trauma Care | Moody Bible Institute |

Pursue Biblical Training to Aid Those in Urgent Need

This two-year, 60-credit program provides you with specialized training in crisis and trauma care combined with biblically sound principles from God’s Word. You’ll learn how to confidently minister to struggling individuals and families from diverse ages, abilities, and cultural backgrounds. You’ll also become equipped to serve in pastoral ministry, humanitarian aid organizations, community services, or mental health facilities. As an on-campus student, you’ll have opportunities to participate in relevant, practical ministry experience in the surrounding communities.

Here are the core classes you will take in the program:

Human Development
Adolescent Psychology
Child Development
Adolescent and Adult Development
Fundamentals in Crisis and Trauma
Ministry in the Context of Crisis and Trauma
Introduction to Counseling
Issues and Counseling for Youth
Trauma Assessments and Interventions
Theology of Grief and Loss

This program is also offered online

Program Plan (pdf)

Here’s How We’ll Prepare You for Ministry

With an Associate Degree in Crisis and Trauma Care, you will be able to:

Construct a theologically informed Christian worldview for crisis and trauma care ministry.

Learn how to serve a diverse range of ages in a wide variety of contexts, such as child development, adolescent psychology, and adult counseling.

Identify key principles of caring for others and develop strategies for applying them in ministry.

Demonstrate skills for providing effective care using a global, developmental, sociological, and trauma-informed Christian ministry perspective.

Build biblically based lessons and case management strategies.

Life at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago

Here on our Chicago campus, you’ll live in an uplifting, faithful community alongside your classmates, faculty, and mentors. You’ll also:

Deepen your biblical knowledge in every class.
Serve in real-life ministry and gain practical experience.
Build lifelong relationships with other students through student groups, extracurricular activities, and numerous other opportunities.
Grow spiritually as you pursue God’s calling on your life.

Learn More about Life at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago

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