Providing a foundation of theory and methods from a biblical perspective
LBC | Capital’s Counseling & Social Work Department is designed to encourage students to understand, evaluate and practice counseling and social work theory and methods from a biblical perspective. Graduates are equipped to provide clinical care in various settings depending on their major. These include secular and Christian practices, crisis counseling centers, public and private schools, foster care and wraparound agencies, hotline services, rescue missions, psychiatric care units, para-church organizations, prisons and detention centers and much more.
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We offer students the option of pursuing their bachelor counseling or social work degree through the traditional on-campus college experience, online OR hybrid in-person options through our Adult Education program. Students looking for masters programs will find hybrid in-person and online options through our graduate school track.
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Social Work Programs are accredited through CSWE
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The Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School Counseling & Social Work Department will host a free* hybrid seminar, titled “Navigating the School System,” from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 13. The event will equip participants to understand elements of the school system that are related to the human services fields of…
March is Social Worker Appreciation Month across the nation, and specifically, March 19 is World Social Worker Day. These observations celebrate the various spaces that social workers engage with marginalized and oppressed people groups. I have been involved in human services in some way since 1988, completing my Master of Social Work degree in 2003…
Throughout the 2023-24 academic year, Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School will celebrate our 90th anniversary! Here, we introduce our community to "90 Faces of LBC" each week. Keep up with all the news and events of our 90th year, read stories and more at lbc.edu/90. [caption id="attachment_17306" align="alignright" width="300"] Kyle Crist…
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