Our faith-based certification trainings are now available to access on our website! We’ve gone WEBINAR!!
Our staff has worked long hours to record our two main faith-based trainings that have only been offered in-person until now. Now, you can register for both trainings onlineand log in to complete each section at your own pace and from the comfort of your office or home!
Here’s the full description for each of our certification trainings!
Domestic Violence Training
6 CEUs for Licensed Counselors, Social Workers, ICDVP, PAIP Online Training.
This training is for church leaders, lay people, and professionals.
One in four women in our churches experience domestic violence and abusive relationships. It is important to learn the various aspects of DV to appropriately minister to those who experience toxic relationships.
FOCUS faith based domestic violence training is a training program designed for those interested in working with domestic violence victims/survivors within the Christian community. Participants can expect to learn the dynamics of domestic abuse and best practices in co-facilitation of groups and/or a role of an advocate.
God delights in restoration of shattered souls. Healing comes by fully understanding the nature and ramifications of abuse. FOCUS believes that following a biblical path of restoration allows God’s grace to touch the heart’s deepest wounds.
9 CEUs for Licensed Counselors, Social Workers, ICDVP, PAIP
This training is for church leaders, lay people, and professionals.
As a lay person or professional, are you interested in starting a faith based support group for women who experience domestic violence and abusive relationships?
FOCUS Ministries offers a certificate program for support group leaders in our Partners in the Journey Training. The training covers all the aspects of starting a support group, the dynamics of support groups, domestic violence training, how to help a victim, and information on how to provide spiritual direction for victims of abuse.
Our training goes beyond the seminars. Our FOCUS support group leaders become part of a Christian community of leaders worldwide and a member of an established organization that has proven itself since 1995.
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