The Basic Training Course in Reformed Biblical Counseling

now offering a hybrid model of the counseling class!

students watch MOST lectures at home /class meets once per month to watch and discuss lectures

In years past, students committed to meeting weekly to watch pre-recorded lectures and counseling observations together for the length of the course (eight months). In the new hybrid model, students watch counseling lectures and observations primarily in the comfort of their own homes, and only meet once per month to watch one lecture or observation video and discuss pertinent counseling-related topics with their classmates. We hope that this new model allows more people to take the course and receive the training needed to minister to others in the light of God's truth from a reformed perspective. 


Please note that internet and a computer are required to take this course. 

class information

Click here for a general class brochure.


Click here for a tentative schedule for Tuesday classes.

2024-25 registration OPENING SOON!

Please bookmark this page and mark your calendar to return when classes for the 2024-25 season are announced. 

Class locations & Details

  • YOUR CHURCH?

    If your church is interested in hosting the course next Fall, please reach out to gary@irbc.net or call us at (616) 209-2354. Click here for a general class brochure. Thanks for your interest! 


    Set class locations for the 2024-2025 year are found below. 

  • Classes will meet monthly at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (PRTS), located at 2965 Leonard Street NE,

    Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525.

  • Classes will meet monthly at North Street Christian Reformed Church, located at 20 E Main Ave, Zeeland, MI 49464.

  • Classes will meet monthly at Grace Orthodox Presbyterian Church, located at 1301 W Wieland Rd, Lansing, MI 48906.

  • Classes will meet monthly at Zion Reformed Church, located at 220 S Pine St, Menno, SD 57045.

  • Classes will meet monthly at Christ Reformed Church, located at 400 E 41st St #5838, Sioux Falls, SD 57105.

  • Classes will meet monthly at Mid-America Reformed Seminary. Details coming soon.

10 student minimum

Please note that there needs to be a minimum of 10 students registered to take the course in each location in order for the class to take place. If 10 students do not register at a given location, all applicants will be notified about the class cancellation, and refunds for class tuition will be given. In light of this, please encourage your family and friends to take the course with you, to ensure that the minimum student requirement is achieved. 

Applications closed

registration for the 2024-2025 season WILL OPEN SOON. 

Questions? Contact GARY@IRBC.NET

Apply online


You can pay easily and securely online, but if you would prefer to apply and pay via mail, you can download the application form here, and send the completed form and tuition check ($275) to IRBC at 6442 - 36th Avenue; Hudsonville, MI 49426. Please note that checks need to be addressed to Cornerstone URC, with "IRBC" in the memo line.