Licenciatura en Asesoramiento en Artes

The Bachelor of Arts in Counseling degree focuses on preparing students for counselling in a pastoral setting and further graduate work in the professional field of school counselling, social work, marriage and family therapy, or mental health care counselling.

The curriculum includes 129 credit hours and can be completed in four or five years of study in the Residential and Online Learning Program.

In addition to the concrete and philosophical goals of the institution, the following program objectives are explicitly related to the B.A. in Counseling:

Demonstrate competence in the major concepts in psychology/counselling;

Acknowledge the Lordship of Christ over their personal lives and ministries and the fellowship of the church;

Accept the challenges and opportunities of ministry within their chosen major after leaving college;

Integrate the knowledge and principles of counselling into a biblical worldview;

Articulate a proper relationship between psychology and Christian faith;

Demonstrate academic competence in preparation for advanced study related to this field;

Successfully apply knowledge and techniques of counselling in supervised field experience.

Messenger College is a legal entity operating under the statutes of the State of Texas. Messenger College is the national collegiate institution of the Pentecostal Church of God in the United States for its ministers, missionaries, teachers, and other professionals to serve its constituency and others in the United States abroad. The Pentecostal Church of God consists of 1,134 churches in the United States. The denomination’s outreach to Third World nations includes 3,365 churches and outstations, 107 schools and training centers, and numerous assistance programs providing food, clothing, and related human care outreaches.

The staff and faculty at Messenger College are completely FOCUSED on developing world-changing Pentecostal leaders for the twenty-first century. Our students are FOCUSED on their calling and development as leaders. Our leadership and governing board are FOCUSED on our mission.

Messenger College is a member of the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS), having been awarded Reaffirmation II of its Accredited Status as a Category II institution by the TRACS Accreditation Commission.