Online certification · Counseling
The Christian Relationship Counselor Certificate is a self-paced online course from Presence College. In about 40 hours you learn to help couples and families communicate, resolve conflict, forgive and rebuild trust, with biblical wisdom at the center, then earn a printable certificate endorsed by Shakeid Ministries Global.
One payment, lifetime access
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Ministry-endorsed by Shakeid Ministries Global · 4 Ministry Credit Hours
A ministry certificate, not a degree or a professional license. What your certificate means
Curriculum
Each module comes as a PDF guide with an audio version and ends with an optional quiz. The final exam comes after the last one.
Who it's for
For Christians who want to help couples and families build stronger, Christ-centered relationships.
You feel called to guide couples and families toward healing and unity.
You want to serve through family ministry, marriage ministry or your own practice.
You want biblical tools for communication, conflict resolution and forgiveness.
You want to care with confidentiality and healthy boundaries, and know when to refer.
Imagine one month from now: a couple sits across from you, struggling to reconnect, and you know how to listen, ask meaningful questions, navigate conflict and apply biblical principles that rebuild trust.
Christian relationship counseling
Across 10 Spirit-filled modules you'll build the practical, biblical and relational skills to guide individuals, couples and families toward healthier, Christ-centered relationships.
Use love, grace, commitment and faith as the foundation for stronger, healthier relationships of every kind.
Listen attentively, ask thoughtful questions and guide sensitive conversations so everyone in the room feels heard.
Help people understand each other’s emotional needs and break the communication patterns that drive them apart.
Give couples and families practical tools to work through disagreements and find their way back to each other.
Guide people through forgiveness and rebuilding trust so damaged relationships can truly heal.
Support marriages, parents and families through changing seasons, and serve through your church or your own practice.
FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIAN RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING
Christian relationship counseling begins with the love of Christ. Before offering advice or solutions, the counselor seeks to understand, listen with compassion, and create a safe environment where individuals and couples feel genuinely heard, valued, and supported.
Christian relationship counseling is rooted in biblical truth. Scripture provides wisdom for understanding communication, commitment, forgiveness, trust, and family relationships, helping people build stronger connections through faith and practical guidance.
Healthy relationships grow where truth is shared with grace. Christian relationship counselors encourage rather than condemn, walking patiently alongside individuals, couples, and families as they pursue healing, reconciliation, and renewed hope in Christ.
Your path
Everything is online. You get the 10 modules and the audio lessons the moment you enroll.
Most students finish the 40 hours in four to eight weeks, but there is no deadline and you keep lifetime access.
Optional quizzes after each module, then a multiple-choice final exam with an 80% pass mark. You can retake it.
Download your printable Christian Relationship Counselor certificate and use it in your church, ministry or practice, within the rules of your location.
Your future
Help couples and families in your church, in your own practice, or in the work you already do.
Marriage and family ministry, pre-marital mentoring and one-to-one support.
Faith-based relationship support for couples and families, within the requirements of your location.
Add relationship counseling skills to pastoral care, coaching or leadership.
You don't need everything mapped out before you begin. This course can become the foundation of a new ministry or strengthen the work you already do.
Everything included
10 modules, PDF and audio, quizzes, final exam, printable certificate, lifetime access
Faith-based client attraction strategies, simple marketing systems, templates, and guidance for building trust online
Free with every enrollment
Your certificate
Pass the final exam, confirm the name you want on it, and download your personalized PDF certificate, included with the course. Display your training with pride in your church, ministry or practice, and if you would like something to hold, add a printed copy. Printed on premium heavyweight paper, ready to frame, and sent to your door. Shipping is included, wherever you live.
Presence College is institutionally accredited by the Kingdom International Standards Authority as a Christian ministry and religious educational center.
Endorsed by Shakeid Ministries Global, a global Christian ministry equipping ministers and leaders for Kingdom service.
This 40-hour certificate earns 4 MCH. Complete 8 eligible counseling certificates (32 MCH) to qualify for the Diploma in Counseling.
KISA accreditation is private and faith-based and applies to the institution, not to individual courses. It is not government or statutory recognition and does not confer degree-awarding powers or a license to practice. Every enrollment helps support Iris Global and Freedom Ministries in their outreach, education and discipleship work.
What's truly uplifting is how this helps us stay hopeful and trusting in God, while also nurturing our relationship with Him - and the wisdom gained makes us more empathetic and effective counselors.
This program was well thought out and organized, it brought many concepts forward with associated actionable content that will be directly applicable and re-usable as I journey forward.
This Course helped me to understand the deliverance ministry in a more advanced method to help and assist all individuals in need of spiritual breakthroughs and freedom from generational curses and sins and iniquities of past life styles.
Questions
A Christian relationship counselor helps individuals, couples and families build healthier, Christ-centered relationships. The work includes listening to everyone involved, improving communication, guiding conflict resolution and reconciliation, and walking people through forgiveness and rebuilding trust, with love, biblical truth and grace. Read more about Christian relationship counseling.
Relationship counseling is broader: it covers marriages, parents and children, extended family and relationships in the church, and often works through past hurts. Marriage coaching focuses on couples and on practical steps forward. If you want to work only with couples in crisis, the Christian Marriage Rescue Coach course is the more focused choice.
With the Christian Relationship Counselor certificate you can support couples and families through your church’s marriage or family ministry, lead pre-marital mentoring and small groups, offer faith-based relationship support one-to-one or online where local rules allow, and add relationship skills to pastoral care, coaching or chaplaincy. It is a ministry certificate, not a marriage and family therapist (LMFT) license: it does not qualify you to diagnose or treat mental-health conditions or bill insurance.
In ministry settings, usually yes. In many places, pastoral and faith-based relationship support in a church or ministry does not require a state license, as long as you do not present yourself as a licensed marriage and family therapist or treat mental-health conditions. Rules differ by state and country, so check yours before offering paid sessions.
The Christian Relationship Counselor course covers 10 modules: Foundations of Christian Relationship Counseling; Biblical Principles of Healthy Relationships; Counseling Marital Challenges; Family Relationships and Parenting; Interpersonal Relationships in the Church Community; Theoretical Techniques in Christian Counseling; Addressing Complex Relationship Issues; Cultural and Generational Challenges in Relationships; Healing and Restoration; and Professional Development for Christian Counselors.
No prior experience or qualification is required. The Christian Relationship Counselor course starts from the foundations and builds step by step, so it suits beginners as well as people already serving in a church, ministry or practice. All you need is a phone, tablet or computer and a desire to help others. If you are unsure whether it fits your situation, contact us and we will help you decide.
The Christian Relationship Counselor course takes about 40 hours of study, spread over 10 modules. It is 100% online and self-paced, with no deadlines: you study when it suits you, around work, family and ministry, an hour a day or a few hours at the weekend. You keep lifetime access, so you can pause and come back at any time.
The Christian Relationship Counselor course costs $97, paid once, with lifetime access and no subscription. The price covers all 10 modules with their PDF and audio lessons, the quizzes, the final exam and your downloadable certificate. Take two or more different courses and each one is 30% off. A premium printed copy of the certificate is optional, 28% off when added with the course, and a 15-day money-back guarantee applies.
The course is divided into 10 modules. Each lesson comes as a downloadable PDF guide with an audio version, followed by an optional quiz, and everything sits in your online student account, on a phone, tablet or computer. Your progress is saved as you go, and support from a real person is available by email within 24–48 hours.
You earn the certificate by passing the final multiple-choice exam with a score of 80% or more, and you can retake it if needed. The optional quizzes at the end of each module prepare you for it. As soon as you pass, you confirm the name to print and download your Christian Relationship Counselor certificate as a PDF, included with the course. A printed copy is optional, 28% off when you add it with the course. Printed on premium heavyweight paper, ready to frame, and sent to your door. Shipping is included, wherever you live.
It is a ministry certificate, not a license or a degree. Presence College holds private, faith-based institutional accreditation from the Kingdom International Standards Authority (KISA), which is not government or statutory accreditation, and the course is endorsed by Shakeid Ministries Global. The 40-hour course earns 4 Ministry Credit Hours. If you need a qualification for a specific job, membership or continuing-education requirement, check with that organization before you enroll.
Yes. Every Presence College course comes with a 15-day money-back guarantee. Email our support team within 15 days of purchase with your order number and enrollment email for a full refund, as long as you have completed less than 20% of the course and have not started the final exam. See the refund policy for details.
Yes. Students of this course can apply for ordination with Shakeid Ministries Global from their student space. Ordination is a separate step with its own application and review. How ordination works
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