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Family Seminars and Conferences

  • Published 05/21/2013

Oct 16-20, NACSW, Atlanta, GA
 Sep 11-14, AACC, Nashville, TN
Aug 23-24, Edmonton, Canada
Jul 18-21: AGIFNA, Hatford, CT
Jul 4-7, PCNAK, Hatford, CT
May 31-Jun 2,  ZPC, Danbury, CT
May 27, Marriage Mentor Group, Dallas
May 26, Prepare-Enrich, Dallas, TX
May 4, Marriage-Enrichment, Atlanta, GA
May 4, Christian Seminar, Atlanta, GA
May 3, Family Seminar, Cary, NC
Apr 20, CCF, Chicago, IL
Apr 18-19, EAN, Chicago, IL
Apr 4-6, CAPS, Portland, OR
Mar 22-23, Philadelphia, PA
Mar 8-10, Phoenix, AZ
Feb 24, Albany, NY
Jan 22-April 23 - API Counseling Training
Jan 24 - Moral Challenges, Waltham, MA
Jan 12, ZPC, Danbury, CT
Jan 11-13 - Dallas, TX

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Youth and Family Seminar

  • Published 05/17/2013

Dallas, TX: Family Seminar, a one day youth and family will be held on May 25  at the Zion Gospel Assembly, 1620 E Arapaho Rd, Richardson, TX 75081. Dr. Thomas Idiculla will be the guest speaker. Relevant for  parents, couples, youths and  any committed Christian.

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Prepare-Enrich Certification Workshop

  • Published 05/9/2013
A certification workshop is designed to help Pastors/Counselors learn how to administer PREPARE/ENRICH, interpret couple’s reports, and provide feedback to premarital and marital couples. Learn to help couples identify their strengths and growth areas in categories such as communication, conflict resolution, spiritual conflicts and financial management. Teach relationship skills, and work more effectively with couples. With PREPARE/ENRICH, you don’t just receive a packet of materials to figure out on your own. You’ll get thorough training on the program, providing you with the skills you need to use the PREPARE/ENRICH materials most effectively. You’ll learn how to: Administer the online assessment, Interpret couples’ reports, Provide useful feedback to couples, Guide couples’ exercises, Teach relationship skills, Work more effectively with couples. The PREPARE/ENRICH Resource Kit includes: Resource Guide, Sample Reports, Couple’s Workbook, Two Training DVDs, Facilitator’s Manual on CD, and a complimentary scoring credit – ($35 value). Click here for online registeration. » Read More

Christian Seminar, Atlanta (GA).

  • Published 04/11/2013

Atlanta, GA. A Christian seminar will be held on May 4, Saturday 7pm at the Atlanta Church of God, C-Audiorium, LCGO. This seminar presents Challenges Facing Our Generation and offers insight and practical solutions from a Christian Perspective. Relevant for couples, parents, and Teens, Youths and any committed Christian. Dr. Thomas Idiculla will be the guest speaker.

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Marriage Enrichment Seminar

  • Published 04/10/2013

Atlanta, GA. A one day marriage enrichment seminar will be held on May 4 at the  New Bethel Interntional Church, 665, Hope Hallow Rd, Loganville, GA 30078. This seminar presents Challenges Facing Couples and offers insight and practical solutions from a Christian Perspective, and identify strength and growth areas, explore personality traits, stress, improve communication skills to resolve marital conflicts. This seminar will also empower participants to cultivate a right perspective towards God’s design for marriage. Optional marriage assessment using the PREPARE/ENRICH model is available ($30/couple). Dr. Thomas Idiculla, and Dr. Shibu Cherian will be the resource persons. Click here for additional info.

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Chicago Family Seminar

  • Published 04/9/2013

Chicago, IL. A one day family and youth seminar will be held on April 20 at the International Christian Assembly of God, 9628, W. Irving Rd, Schiller Park, IL 60176. This seminar is focused for young adults and parents and offers insight and practical solutions dealing with marriage from a Christian perspective. Seminar topics include: youth and family challenges, parent-child relationships, and God's design for marriage. Dr. Thomas Idiculla will be the guest speaker. Relevant for parents, couples, Sunday school Teachers, youths and any committed Christian. These meetings are organized by Chicago Christian Fellowship (224-280-8023). Click here for additional info.

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Inspiration-2013

  • Published 02/28/2013
Philadelphia, PA: Inspiration-2013, a two day family and youth seminar will be held from March 22 to 23 5 at the PFGA Auditorium, 9707 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19115. This seminar is focused for young adults and parents and offers insight and practical solutions dealing with marriage from a Christian perspective.  Dr. Thomas Idiculla and Rev. Leslie Verghese will be the resource persons. Relevant for  parents, couples, Sunday school Teachers, youths and  any committed Christian.Click here for additional info. These meetings are organized in partnership with Agape Partners, Make a Difference (MAD), and EDGE, and are coordinated by Prince Mathew (267-266-6611), and Geejo Mathew (215-380-3013). Click here for additional info. » Read More

Phoenix Seminar

  • Published 02/26/2013

Phoenix, AZ: Family Seminar-2013, a two day family will be held on March 9  at the Liberty arts Academy, 3015 South Power Road, Mesa AZ. The theme for the seminar  "Bridging the Gap and Building the Future." Rev. Leslie Verghese will be the guest speaker. Relevant for  parents, couples, youths and  any committed Christian. This seminar is organized by International Assembly of God. Contact info Pr. Roy Cherian 480-390-1217. Click here for additional info.

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2013 CAPS International Conference

  • Published 02/2/2013

The 2013 CAPS International Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront hotel from April 4 - 6, 2013. Dr. Thomas Idiculla, and Rev. Leslie Verghese are invited to speak at this conference on the topic of Developments in Cross-Cultural Christian Counseling Research, Training, and Practice. This conference is packed full of workshops, seminars, posters, papers and wonderful fellowship. Earn up to 21 Continuing Education hours by attending pre/post-conference sessions and main program presentations. You may register for the conference by phone or mail at any time. To register online, click HERE.

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Strangers in a Foreign Land: Revised Edition

  • Published 01/20/2013
In 1998, Agape Partners International showcased its first publication venture-Strangers in a Foreign Land. This was essentially the first of its kind book in systematically identifying the struggles of survival and related issues of the Indian Christian Community in the United States edited by Dr. Thomas Idiculla. Fifteen years have passed and Agape Partners International is proud to present the revised edition of this publication due to popular demand. The book is now be available for purchase. Click Here to place your order!

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Certificate in Christian Counseling

  • Published 01/15/2013
The Certificate in Christian Counseling at the Agape Partners Training Institute is an online training program designed to provide counseling opportunities for South Asian community leaders, Pastors, or any committed Christian with a desire to help others. Participants will have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and understanding of counseling knowledge and skills and apply their knowledge to practical situations. Currently, there are more than 20 participants pursuing the program and over 50 students have completed the course requirements for receiving a Certificate in Basic and Intermediate Christian Counseling since January 2012. The deadline for applications is March 30, 2013.  Course Overview | Online Application Form | » Read More

Sunday School Network International

  • Published 01/12/2013

SSNI is pleased to present the new Sunday School text book for the high teens focused on Christian Apologetics, Holy Spirit, Pentecostal Movement, and Marriage and Family. So far SSNI has published four text books for young teens, teens and young adults, and a teachers' guide for young teens. SSNI text books are currently used in the US and around the world.

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A Drowning Person has a Choice

  • Published 12/17/2012
Labyrinth, authored and illustrated by Chantal Small is a story of a lonely teen sharply illustrated through vivid pictures and shares a solid biblical message to teens. This is a great Christian comic that was beautifully done. Kids and teens alike will find this story compelling. Paul Meier, M.D., a christian Psychiatrist and founder of the national chain of Meier Clinics, said,  "I highly endorse "Labyrinth," an excellent, deeply meaningful Christian "comic" book. Teens face exciting times and depressing times and are in the process of learning to cope and grow from both. The teen suicide rate is 300% higher today than it was fifty years ago because of our deteriorating culture. This comic book will help teens understand answers and solutions to some of life's toughest questions.Preview | Endorsements |  Online Order » Read More

2013 AACC World Conference in Christian Counseling

  • Published 12/10/2012
The 2013 World Conference on Christian Counseling was held from September 28 to October 21 in Nashville, Tennesse. Over 7000 counselors and christian leaders are expected to participate in this conference. Some of the plenary speakers include John Eldredge, Ravi Zacharias,Tullian Tchividjian,Margaret Feinberg, Harold Koenig. Dr. Thomas Idiculla and Rev. Leslie Verghese spoke on the topic of International & Global Issues specific to the Counseling Ministry among the South Asian Community.  To register online, click HERE. » Read More

India Freedom Tour 2012

  • Published 12/6/2012

BOSTON, MA, December 5, 2012:  Agape Partners International (API), conducted its sixth “Mission Trip” from November 8 to 26. The main purposes of this short term trip were to conduct leadership, family and youth seminars in various cities in India including Trivandrum, Kottayam, Cochin, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Valsad/Vyara, Ahmadabad, and New Delhi. Considering the feedback received from the seminar participants, Agape Partners has decided to launch a Christian Counseling Training Program in Trivandrum beginning February 2013.  Several participants signed up for Agape Partners online training program in Counseling.

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Moral Challenges in a Secular World

  • Published 11/18/2012
L. T. Jeyachandran, the former Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific branch of the Ravi Zacharias International Ministries will be speaking on the topic of Moral Challenges in a Secular World on January 24, 2012 at 7PM at the Hope International Church, 21 Bruce Rd, Waltham, MA 02453.  Jeyachandran has a Masters degree in Structural Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chennai. He held various positions as an Engineer in several parts of India with the Central (Federal) Government. He discovered the meaning of new life in Christ Jesus during his undergraduate college days. He is a well known Bible expositor and conference speaker. » Read More

A World Safe for Diversity

  • Published 10/4/2012

Dr. Guinness will explore the role of Christians in a pluralistic society, in which the values of diversity, social harmony, and liberty sometimes seem in conflict. Dr. Guinness will argue that in our modern society, diverse religious voices should have the freedom to enter the public square. Source: Veritas Forus Talk: A World Safe for Diversity: Living with our deepest differences in an age of exploding pluralism by Os Guinness, Texas A&M University.

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A Memorable Miracle in My Life

This testimony is about an incident that happened during the early years of my life in America. Today is Thursday , April 21, 2010, but my memory is flashing backwards thirty-nine years  to 1972.

Encountering Religious Pluralism

We live in an increasingly connected and culturally diverse society. In his book, “Encountering Religious Pluralism,” Harold Netland describes the pluralistic context in which we live today and proposes a biblically orthodox and culturally sensitive response to today’s challenge.

Locate your spiritual ‘GPS’

An article that describes our life journey as a pilgrimage, and the dire need to get directions from our Heavenly Father every step of the way.

Wedding Bells.......

We live in an era where Psychology plays an integral part on the situation of marriage and related events. However, great marriages are built on a foundation of trust and not on behavioral skills. Emotional security is the cornerstone for the relationship that one wants or you simply need to feel secure in your marriage. How can we achieve that? The Bible brings us to the basics of the definition of marriage as we search for an answer.  The best definition for marriage in the Bible comes from Genesis 2:24 – For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and they will be one flesh.


Watch Your "Life" Closely

Watch Your "Life" Closely (1st Timothy 4:16). The Bible exhorts all born again believers to maintain an ethical life & be reflectors of the light of the Gospel through Jesus Christ. In 2 Corinthians 2:14-16, Apostle Paul says that God “through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To the ones who are perishing we are the aroma of death leading to death, and among those who are saved we are the aroma of life leading to life”. Since God has placed every born-again child of God with so great a responsibility, it is essential that we, as His children, be willing and committed to put into practice our Christian faith on every level of human intervention.

THE GIFT OF SLOWING DOWN

Almost every one is busy. Whether a teenager pushing books under a heavy course load or a soccer mom driving kids to sports while managing a demanding job or a stay at home mom with small children, a corporate executive, a cab driver, teacher, a pastor, a self employed, rich or poor, Christian or not, we are over scheduled, preoccupied, fatigued and starved for time.

Homosexuality and the Bible

Evil in any form is a problem in the church. It always has been. The greater problem, however, is the church's failure to discipline evil when it arises. There are ministers, priests, and rabbis who never talk about sin. There was a time when the minister of God's Word preached the whole counsel of God. Today many pulpits are silent on the sin question. Sin has become fashionable and therefore acceptable. When sin gets its victim into serious difficulty, the psychiatrist and psychologist tell him he is sick. The church must face the fact of sin squarely. This article is designed in a question and answer format to review some basic aspects of homosexuality and how the Bible addresses it


THE NEW PARADIGM OF MISSIONS

What was initially created as a nerve tonic, stimulant and a headache remedy in 1886 became a world renowned brand today; Coke. Most of us enjoyed a can of Coke at one time or the other in life! Right? But how many of us know what the vision and the mission of the Coca-Cola Company is? Here is how they look at the future and their mission statement:

Don't Give up your Marriage: A True Restored Marriage

Scott and I (Sue) are a couple of ordinary Christians who found ourselves in an all-too-common situation: a disappointing, miserable, and failing marriage.  We could hardly understand how we got into that state of affairs.  Twenty years along in what we thought had been a basically happy marriage, we were at an impasse.  We were full of frustration, confusion, and anger, each convinced the other was primarily at fault for landing us in our predicament.

‘The Parable of the Good Samaritan’ Unveiled – a True Story of Humankind

The Parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the unique parables narrated by the Lord Jesus Christ as it is found only in the Gospel of Luke in chapter 10:30-37, and it conveys the principle of high morality in the salvation that has been provided to the fallen humankind. The reason for Jesus to expound this parable was to answer a test question posed to him by a lawyer, which was: “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” (Luke 10:25). Jesus, knowing that this was a learned lawyer who posed this question, replies in turn with two questions for the lawyer to answer: “What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?” (Luke 10:26).

Seeking the Shalom of the City

In 1800, only 2.5% of the world's population lived in cities. In 1900, the number had grown to 10%. Today, half of the world's population lives in vast metro areas. By 2020, 75% of people will live in cities! Floyd McClung the author of “Spirits of the City” notes, “Cities are the mountain peaks of society-trends, Ideologies, and fashions are born in the fermenting cauldron of city life- and then flow down and out to influence the populace.” Cities world wide including, Boston and Quincy share the same problems: single generation families; poverty; chemical dependency; mental illness; housing and development issues; gangs, justice and prison systems, prostitution; HIV/AIDS and much more. And also these swirling, teeming cities are multi-cultural (Jeremiah 29:7).

Biblical position for Pre-Marital Counseling

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone.  I will make a helper who is just right for him.” Genesis 2:18.   God formed a woman out of the man’s own body, so that she can be “just right for him.”  Anyone who reads the following chapters will see that even the woman God Himself picked for Adam was lured into sin.  How much more easily we fall short of God’s ideal for marriage in our own lives.

4/14 Window: Challenge of Reaching Children

It is estimated that forty percent of the population in India are children younger than 15 years of age.  One United States study revealed that 85 percent of people who came to Christ, accepting Him as personal Savior, were between 4 and 14 years of age.  That brings a great challenge to reach children.

Educating our children using the ‘Biblical Models’

Being a parent of three girls (two of them being teenagers now) and living in a very promiscuous and liberal US society, we find that it is a real challenge to give a proper ‘education’ to our children. Like so many other Indian parents who have immigrated to the United States hoping to provide a better ‘education’ to our children, my wife Nissy and I have been dismayed to find ourselves battling a tidal wave of cultural and social differences in the likes that we have never seen before.

Why the Young Leave the Church?

Among the Indian Churches, one-third of the young people said they were dissatisfied with the current church environment. Youths think that church is not having a positive influence on them. They are discontent with the adults in the church, especially with adult failure to live up to the truths they profess to believe.


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