Core Relationship Series

The quality of relationships largely determines the success of your life and ministry. Where can you find the tools that will enhance your everyday relationships: A deeper connection with your spouse and children, improved relationships with friends and coworkers, and effective ways to powerfully minister God's truth and grace to someone in need.

EMI's Core Relationship Series is a BANQUET of life-changing tools. This three-course series of practical, fun, interactive training can revolutionize your relationships.

LISTENING for HEAVEN'S SAKE, the first in the series, lays a skill foundation that maximizes your ability to communicate care and understanding. It helps to overcome barriers in communication that lead to conflict, misunderstanding, impatience, and manipulation. What you learn will positively impact all relational and ministry contexts.

SPEAKING the TRUTH in LOVE. Too often Christians settle for false community. Think about it. How do you safely get past the surface in relationships to the deeper heart? After Listening, it's important to continue the transformational skill process by experiencing Speaking. Learn how to facilitate someone's journey into change, including how to set up appropriate goals, accountability, and confrontation. Imagine a congregation walking genuinely and effectively together into relational wholeness.

* Listening for Heaven's Sake is a prerequisite for Speaking the Truth in Love.

RENEWING the MIND is essential for Christians seeking a practical way to change. Romans 12:2 tells us to 'not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.' Learn ways to identify what is keeping people stuck in negative feelings or behaviors by bringing God's truth in to begin a transformation process. Experience God's freedom through a small group community practice of a new skill. It's powerful!

Snack on one course or enjoy the banquet the Lord has set before you through what EMI offers. Be equipped for the life journey God is calling you to.

What people are saying . . .

"As a full time campus missionary, I've loved using the material authored by EMI to train student small-group leaders in our network of next generation churches. . . . I helped direct a conglomerate program that includes over 100 students from California to Ohio to Maryland. . . As part of the program, I taught an abbreviated workshop that includes skills from both Listening for Heaven's Sake and Speaking the Truth in Love. . . . Thanks tons! We love EMI resources and hope to use them much in the future."

Chris Ridgeway
Great Commission Ministries

"Each time I take an EMI class, I learn something new! As a professional counselor, I am struck so often by how much personal healing takes place in these classes!"

Dr. Gwen Courts

"The EMI experience has shown me how to better care for myself and those around me through how I communicate with them."

Mike, class participant

"These courses are the best thing I've done for my personal spiritual growth in troubled areas of my life"

Nancy, class participant

"Everything is top notch with EMI."

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