LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATE SCHOOL

Host: Light of the Comforter Ministries

Counselor/Mentor: Rev. Annie Arakelian

Overall school description: This course will equip you with essential tools and skills needed to minister effectively. Though the basics of prayer ministry and care for souls will be discussed, we will go beyond to learn about the calling and purpose of the minister, spiritual gifts/talents, and inner healing and deliverance. 

Two-fold purpose of the school:

  1. Growing awareness for common errors in ministry and education about solutions.
  2. Encouraging confidence during ministry through the strengthening of weak skills.

Course Content: On the bottom half of this page, the course content is listed. 

Certification: A certificate will be awarded upon completion of the course.


Graduation Requirement: 

  • Attendance
  • Submitting homework with each lesson
  • Keeping school policy

Cost: $200 suggested donation.

Location: Online, through Zoom.

Dates: October 3, 17, and Nov 7 (TBD 4th date if needed)

Meeting time: 12:30-3:30pmEST

How to sign up:

  1. Complete the online enrollment form by clicking the “Registration link” button below. You will be contacted through email once your response have been reviewed and you’ve been granted admission.
  2. Once you have been approved for the school, payment method options and instructions will be provided.

Registration Link

Questions:  All questions about the school can be sent to schools@lightofthecomforter.org

Course Outline

Lesson 1: PREPARING FOR MINISTRY

Ministry Basics: Love

Three Primary Relationships

  1. The People We Serve
  2. Our Fellow Servants
  3. The Lord, Our Master

 

Lesson 2: GIVING TALKS
  • The Goal of a Good Talk
  • Elements of a Good Talk
  • Testimony Guidelines
  • Ministry while Teaching

 

  Lesson 3: INNER HEALING AND DELIVERANCE

Issues Rooted in the Past

Nine Steps and Keys

  1. Issues, Wounds and Scars
  2. Strongholds
  3. Ministering the Three Keys
  4. Inner Vows
  5. Ungodly Beliefs
  6. Healing of Memories
  7. Curses and Generational Sin
  8. Deliverance from Oppression
  9. Deliverance from Possession

 

Lesson 4: PRAYER MINISTRY

The Keys to Freedom

A Model Session

 

Lesson 5: THE ART OF LISTENING

A Lost Art

Ears to Hear Him

Stop, Look and Listen

 

Lesson 6: THE CARE OF SOULS

Caring for Souls

Giving Comfort

Guarding Confidence

Genuine Courtesy

 

Lesson 7: THE HEART OF A SERVANT

The Lowest Place

Growing Your Heart

Going the Distance

Two Motivations

  1. Passion
  2. Compassion

 

Lesson 8: VALUES AND GUIDELINES

A Good Example

Values surrounding Ministry

Guidelines during Ministry

 

Lesson 9: CALLING AND PURPOSE

Double Duties, Double Delights

Called with a Purpose

Convergence

 

Lesson 10: THE SCHOOL OF THE SPIRIT

Internal Instruction

Nine Lessons

Tests and Trials

 

Lesson 11: DOING MINISTRY

The Secret of Success

The Sources of Success

The keys to Success

Lesson 12: MINISTRY SACRIFICE

Dying to Self

The Lord’s Timing for Ministry

Discerning The Source of Trials

Intimacy with the Lord

The Lord’s Networking