Triune Professional Association

 

Offering Certification and Degree Programs for:

  • Christian Counselors

  • Christian Teachers

  • Christian Ministers

Also Offering Certification for the Following Specialty areas:
 
  • Law Enforcement Chaplain
  • Hospital Chaplain
  • Chemical Dependency Counselor
  • Prophetic Teacher
  • Apostolic Teacher
  • Messianic Teacher
  • Spiritual Leader

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    In each of the three programs listed above, the student is furnished with all the necessary Textbooks and Study guide material for a complete and comprehensive course structure. 

When all the necessary courses have been completed, the student will receive a Professional Certificate and his/her Bachelor's Degree.

All of our Certified Professionals, registered with Triune Professional Association have received wide acceptance in various fields of Christian endeavor. 

The Triune Professional Association has been a part of Triune Biblical University for over twenty years and we are very pleased that many of our Counselors, Teachers and Ministers have gone on to complete their Doctoral Program and have published their work through TBU Publishers.

 

Article I - Purposes

This organization is organized exclusively for religious purposes within the meaning of section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The objects and purposes for which this association is formed are to Establish a Professional Association whereby the graduates of Triune Biblical University and others who qualify may associate themselves for fellowship, continued education and a platform for the exchanging of ideas by means of the circulation of professional research papers and conducting seminars and conferences. Also to promote the training of those who desire to attain in these professional fields. This Association will establish requirements for members to become ordained and certified in the fields of Ministry, Christian Counseling and Christian Teaching.

 

Article II - Beliefs & Determinations

We believe the fields that are "white unto the harvest" today, to a great extent, are made up of those precious souls who have started on the way, through forgiveness and regeneration but now need some help to overcome resistance to their walk of holiness. Thus the need for Christian Counselors, Christian Teachers and Ministers.

The Harvest is for Reapers:

We know that the harvest is ready all across our land and the world. Just as Jesus said, "Do you not say, four months more and then the harvest? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for the harvest. Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying, "One sows and another reaps’ is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor." (John 4:35 - 38). We will send out today reapers, Christian Counselors, Christian Teachers, and Ministers, ordained to bring in the harvest.

The sowers have been sent out and we are still sending them out as we should. They have done and are doing the hard work. They have also done much reaping. Praise the Lord! But, I declare unto you, a great day of reaping is now at hand and we will specifically make a change. That change is to Commission Christian Counselors, Christian Teachers, and Ministers to help with the reaping. A change isn’t wrong when God is in it. Culturally, we have prevented certain classes from being "sowers". But may we not make this mistake with the "reapers". The Scripture teacher that we are all son’s of God through faith in Christ Jesus. "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus". (Gal. 3:28)

If counselors can be reapers, can they not also teach and preach and if teachers can be reapers can they not also counsel and preach? The Scripture tells of a "tentmaker" who could counsel, teach, and preach. It is not a question of who will go out into the "white of the harvest" and begin reaping. In counseling, teaching, and preaching it is the "Word" that has the authority, it is the "Word" that brings change, healing and restoration.

Although it’s true that much of the "sowing" has been done from behind the pulpit, it does not have to be true that most of the reaping will be done that way. For where is the reaping to be done? The "white of the harvest", speaks of grain that is ripened to a stage where the grain is ready for the harvest. Shall we let it rot on the stalk until it returns to the ground from whence it came. The precious souls who are in need of counseling, teaching and preaching are the "white" of today’s harvest. All of God’s children should go out and busy themselves bringing in the harvest.

From the above statement of belief and the article following, we determine:

1. To train, qualify and ordain Christian Counselors.

2. To train, qualify and ordain Christian Teachers.

3. To train, qualify and ordain Christian Ministers.

We believe that one "called of God" into either of the ministries of teaching, counseling, or preaching should avail themselves of the opportunity for preparation, by following the command set forth in II Timothy 2:15, "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

We know that many have wandered away from the truth today, the truth of God’s word. Many are dividing the truth of psychology, the truth of the "New Age", the truth of "modern science", the truth of new philosophy, etc., etc., some rationalize by saying, all truth is God’s truth. Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:31 - 32). We want to be prepared to counsel, teach, and minister the truth that sets people free. Satan’s battlefield today, is a field of mistruth. It is difficult at times, as it always has been, to recognize that battlefield. We have antichrists’ all around, whose chief weapon is deception. They are doing miracles which bring themselves glory and lead astray many believers. The plan of the antichrist is to enslave those believers that he can. He wants to stop them in their walk of holiness. To sidetrack them and to turn them back around into the direction from which they came.

 

Article III - Fields of Training

We determine to provide training in the necessary Biblically based subjects to equip our ministers, counselors, and teachers for their fields of work. The Triune Biblical University, Certificates, Diplomas, and Degrees that may be earned, testify to an adequate preparation. It provides, in addition, a professional Certification in the field of endeavor.

We believe that the Lord has given us a responsibility for those that are under our care. The pattern given in I Peter 5:1-5, is worthy of our adoption. Also, in the beginning of the Christian fellowship the disciples commissioned seven to take over the care of the new believers. Also Paul and Barnabas appointed overseers for each Church. 

Not only have the founders of the TPA established and ratified a "Tenants of Belief" which gives the basis of our spiritual stand. They have also set forth certain beliefs that form the basis of the development of "purposes and goals" of the organization.

 

Article IV - Publishing & Journals

We believe that all members of this association should avail themselves of the opportunity to publish, in writing, an account of the events and results of their walk with the Lord. Thus, our on-going issues of the TPA Journal are dedicated to this purpose. Since the members and the regional offices of this association that informs, edifies, encourages and brings us together in our purpose of being.

Any member of a professional association, by the publishing of his or her papers, in the journal, shows a continuing developmental process in learning and achieving. It is also a fact that the worthiness of the association will be judged, by those outside, not only by the quality of the articles but by the educational content thereof. We know that the true meaning of the words "to educate" means "to change". People are educated as they examine truth that, when learned, causes them to make a change from the "pre-conceived to the learned in regards to their retained knowledge. It is necessary to appoint an overseer at each "regional headquarters" of the Triune Professional Association. This overseer shall have the position and title of Director.

 

Article V - Fields of Professional Certification

The fields of professional certification are:

  • Ministry
  • Christian Counseling
  • Christian Teaching

Three levels of certification are available for each of these fields.

  • Certified - Candidate must have finished the course of study required or must have been approved by a committee on qualifications. Generally, the certified level is the equivalent to the 4 year college degree.

  • Graduate - Candidate must have completed the Masters degree in the field for which he is applying for certification or to have been approved by the Qualifications Committee.

  • Diplomate - Candidate must have completed a Doctoral degree in the field for which he is applying for certification or to have been approved by the Qualifications Committee.

These certifications attest to the fact that the holder has achieved Academic attainment in a particular field and is qualified by training to work in the professional field.

 

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