Church Partnership with IBCD

Partnerships Include:

1. Updates

• Friendly and Supporting Churches receive our newsletter, the latest updates on counselor speaking schedules, and updates on latest books and audio from IBCD speakers/authors.

2. Web Code for Additional Audio

• Friendly and Supporting Church staff receive a web registration code to access many more audios geared specifically to counselors and counseling that are not available to the general public. These audio can be shared with members of your congregation as needed, althoughwe ask that you do not give out the web code.

3. Special Invitations

• Friendly Church eligible staff will receive invitations to the luncheon at the Spring Seminar.
• Supporting Church eligible staff will receive invitations to the Spring Seminar Luncheon as well as IBCD Speakers'/Supporters'Luncheon.

4. Event Discounts

• Friendly Church eligible staff can attend IBCD events for free (Spring Seminar and Summer Institute).
• Supporting Church eligible staff can attend IBCD events for free (Spring Seminar and Summer Institute), and church members/regular attendees receive a $25 discount to the Summer Institute.

5. Training Discounts

• Supporting Church attendees receive a 50% discount on IBCD Training, including Counseling Observation, Role-Play, and Tutorial (Supervised Counseling). Note: this does not apply to courses offered as Summer Institute Pre-Conferences.

6. Priority Counseling

• People who indicate that they are part of a Supporting Church will receive priority counseling at IBCD.

7. Free Audios

• Supporting Churches receive a free audio set of the Spring Seminar and the Summer Institute each year.

8. Free books

• Supporting Churches will receive a free copy of the latest releases of IBCD authors.

Contribution Levels:

To become a partner with IBCD, please fill out an application for your church.  Average weekend church attendance is used as the guideline for distinguishing the expected donations for Friendly and Supporting Churches.  We understand that these are only guidelines, so if these amounts are too burdensome for your congregation, exceptions can be made on an individual basis.

To Partner with IBCD:

If you would like to help support IBCD as a Friendly or Supporting Church, please download, complete, and return the Application Packet .