About Word of Life Counseling Training Institute
Our Mission
To assist the body of Christ to develop and implement more effective in-depth, salvation-based Christian counseling and life coaching methods to meet the growing epidemic of spiritually unfulfilled, underachieving, emotionally and psychologically hurting people in our churches and in our society. In order to do this, we provide in-depth Bible-based resources and training to assist those in the body of Christ to help themselves and others accept Christ, grow spiritually, remove the roadblocks that hinder the process of salvation in their lives, find and fulfill their calling, and achieve God's abundant life through Christ.
Beginnings
Word of Life Counseling Training Institute was founded in 1995 as a ministry of Word of Life Church which is located in Wichita, Kansas. (For more on Word of Life Church visit www.wolm.org) It was the natural outgrowth of a Christian support group, counseling, and state licensed drug and alcohol outpatient clinic that were founded by Pastor Troy Reiner shortly after joining the church as an Associate Pastor in 1991. He realized that in order for those ministries to continue and grow they would need more, highly trained Bible-based support group leaders, lay counselors, drug and alcohol counselors, and Christian therapists.
Since no Bible-based local training was available, Word of Life Institute was begun by holding two seminars. Both were well attended but it soon became apparent the more in-depth, ongoing training was required. At that point an alliance was formed with LOGOS Christian College and Graduate school so that those taking training at WOLI would have the opportunity to continue their counseling education to the graduate level and receive a credible Christian counseling degree.
Since as early as 1974, Pastor Reiner had always had a strong interest in learning to effectively apply the Bible to help the hurting people around him. Finally, in 1988 when he retired after spending 20 years in the USAF as a Space Systems Officer, he had the opportunity to enter full time ministry. He was sent to Wichita to pioneer a new church which eventually became part of Word of Life Ministries. Although at the time he had a number of college and university degrees, he did not have a doctorate. LOGOS was willing to accept much of his previous graduate course credit and he completed his Ph. D. in Christian Counseling in 1997. His dissertation was on the development of a new modality in Christian counseling that he later called "Faith Therapy." Eventually, as the Lord continued to provide new insights as Dr. Reiner taught classes at WOLI, his work was divided into four classes which eventually became "The Just Shall Life by Faith Series of books" that today provides the basis of Faith Therapy.
Today, Faith Therapy has become a full-fledge new modality in Christian counseling with a full college curriculum of courses that is especially attractive to Bible-based churches who truly believe that "Jesus is the answer to even life's most difficult problems." As Faith Therapy continues to develop, our goal is to train as many of the members of the body of Christ as possible to help as many hurting people in our churches and society as possible. Because of this, we are doing what we can to make these resources available at minimum cost and to provide free training to as many people as possible. This website provides that training. For more on Faith Therapy and to obtain additional books and resources visit www.faiththerapy.org.
About our Director, Dr. Reiner
Dr. Troy Reiner is the Director of Word of Life Counseling Center, the Director of Word of Life Institute, and an Associate Pastor at Word of Life Church, all of which are located in Wichita, Kansas. His counseling education includes a Master’s Degree in Psychology, Guidance, and Counseling from the University of Northern Colorado, a Specialist in Education Degree with emphasis on Marriage and Family Counseling from Wichita State University, and a Ph.D. in Christian Counseling from LOGOS Graduate School. He is a licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist and a certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor in the State of Kansas. He is a Charter Member of the American Association of Christian Counselors. He has been married for over 30 years and is the father of an adult son and daughter.
About Word of Life Ministries
Word of Life Ministries is a non-profit 501-3c charitable organization. All materials at this website are offered on a minimum donation basis for the amount listed with each item. Only the amount of donations which exceeds this minimum price may be deducted from your taxes as a charitable donation. Charitable donations will be used to further the development of salvation-based Christian counseling and coaching.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 1 John 4:11