Author: Dr. Wayne Vanderwier

Another Transition: A Step Toward Indigenous Leadership

Another Transition: A Step Toward Indigenous Leadership

Posted by | Oct 20, 2021 | |

We’re missionaries; we train biblical counseling trainers around the world. The first of those things gives direction to the second. But neither of them, by themselves, describes one of the long-understood perspectives of the missionary task, to make disciples who make disciples—to make indigenous the work being done. This goal is made plain in the OIC Strategic Objective: assisting in the initial creation and/or continuing development of national, culture-specific, biblical counseling certifying organizations. Continue Reading →

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Mistakes I’ve Made in International Biblical Counseling Training, Part Two

Mistakes I’ve Made in International Biblical Counseling Training, Part Two

Posted by | Jun 10, 2021 | |

God has been wondrously, almost miraculously, good to the ministry of OIC. However, it hasn’t always been easy, of course—this is ministry. This two-part blog identifies the “top 10” mistakes I have made. Part One contains the first five, and below are items 6-10, each presented in this sequence: a statement of the failure, a brief illustrating story, and the correction(s) we’ve made as a result. Continue Reading →

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Mistakes I’ve Made in International Biblical Counseling Training, Part 1

Mistakes I’ve Made in International Biblical Counseling Training, Part 1

Posted by | Jun 9, 2021 | |

God has been wondrously, almost miraculously, good to the ministry of OIC. The publication date of this article coincides almost exactly with the 15th anniversary of the beginning of this international counseling training-focused ministry on June 10, 2006. However, it hasn’t always been easy, of course—this is ministry. And in creating a missionary agency to do something new, I made a lot of mistakes. Here is our “top 10” list of failures in ministry, each item presented in this sequence: a statement of the failure, a brief illustrating story, and the correction(s) we’ve made as a result. Continue Reading →

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