GW 2: Healing for Personal and Social Change

Training for front-line workers engaged in the Jesus movement

Personal and social brokenness and chaos abound in our world, affecting all of us. If we want to effectively care for one another and address larger social problems we need to take the time to pursue our own holistic healing, practical training and empowerment by the Holy Spirit. 

In this course we will address areas of core wounding, presenting practical approaches to healing that combine prayer and psychological perspectives. We will also explore the relationship between personal and social change to address some of the roots of authoritarianism, passivity, racism, rebellion, and addiction.

Participants will learn:

• Psychologically-informed healing approaches to address issues like father & mother wounds, trauma, unhealthy attachment, addiction, rejection, and shame

• Practical guidelines for accompanying people in need of psychological healing and spiritual freedom

• Scripture-informed teaching on the relationship between personal and social change.

  Each session will include guided prayer exercises.

Instructors: Bob & Gracie Ekblad, Heidi Basely, & Anthea McNeill

Cost: $50 for access to course resources

Partial and full scholarships are available. Write to bob@tierra-nueva.org for discount codes.

Bios on speakers

Bob and Gracie Ekblad are founders and pastors/teachers at Tierra Nueva and The People's Seminary. They teach and minister in jails and prisons in Washington State, and offer trainings in holistic transformational ministry to front line ministry workers around the world (www.bobekblad.com and www.tierra-nueva.org).

Heidi Basely is a survivor and activist in the field of trauma with twenty years of experience in clinical and missional contexts working with psychological trauma among Roma populations, complex trauma in institutional care, domestic violence, and among displaced peoples. Heidi trained in psychotherapy (Bsc hons) with two further training years in Integrative Therapy (BACP accred.)

Anthea McNeil trained as an integrative counselor. She writes “My journey into counseling began on a Tierra Nueva course. Since completing CTMM I have continued to be impacted by the good news that God is trustworthy and fully loving and that I am His child. I work for Glasgow City Mission with socially disadvantaged and marginalized people. My hope is that many of them would find healing in knowing that He is good and that they too are loved.”