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Featured Resource: Transformed
An Ancient Guide for Modern Healing
By Marlin W. Lance, Ph.D.
Transformed is a newly updated and expanded work that offers a biblically grounded framework for Christian counseling, pastoral care, and spiritual restoration. Drawing from ancient biblical truths and applied with modern pastoral insight, this volume serves as a practical guide for those called to walk with others through healing, freedom, and renewal.
Dr. Marlin W. Lance, Ph.D.—a pioneer in Christian counseling—presents sound psychological and pastoral principles rooted firmly in Scripture. This work bridges theology and practice, offering clarity for counselors, pastors, and ministry leaders seeking a Christ-centered approach to transformation.
An Expansion of Proven Biblical Principles
Building upon the foundational concepts introduced in Dr. Lance’s earlier work, The Messiah Method, Transformed revisits and deepens key themes essential to spiritual and emotional healing, including:
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Brokenness – recognizing the starting point of true restoration
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Bondage – identifying spiritual and emotional strongholds
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Bruising – addressing trauma, wounds, and unresolved pain
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Blindness – moving from deception to spiritual clarity
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Blessing – walking in wholeness, freedom, and purpose
Through these principles, readers are guided through a process of self-discovery that equips them to provide practical, compassionate, and biblically sound counsel in real-life ministry contexts.
Who This Book Is For
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Pastors and ministry leaders
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Christian counselors and pastoral caregivers
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Students of biblical counseling and spiritual formation
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Individuals seeking healing, understanding, and personal growth
Whether used as a personal study, a counseling reference, or a training resource, Transformed offers timeless wisdom for modern challenges.
A Resource Aligned with Coventry House School of Ministry
Transformed reflects the heart and mission of Coventry House School of Ministry—restoration through biblical truth, healing through Christ, and transformation by the power of the Holy Spirit. It stands as a valuable companion resource for those pursuing ministry training, certification, or personal renewal.
“Be transformed by the renewing of your mind…” — Romans 12:2
Luke 4:18-19
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
OUR WORK
We pursue our mission by leveraging more than 50 years of experience in ministry and counseling to offer personal-development courses for laypeople, students, ministers or professionals who want a biblical, holistic approach to helping others – or themselves – in the following areas:
Growing constructive personal associations.
Conquering unhealthy behaviors.
Working through growth-inhibiting experiences.
Establishing new behaviors that encourage strong character and achievement.
Interacting and communicating meaningfully and successfully with others.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to equip the saints for the work of ministry in order to build up the body of Christ. Specifically, as in Isaiah 61, it’s our desire to bind up the brokenhearted, proclaim freedom for captives, release prisoners from darkness and proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.
We invite you to join founder and president Dr. Marlin Lance in the classroom through a series of videos that outline principles, methods, techniques and practical applications that will not only enhance your abilities to engage others and lead them toward healing but will no doubt enrich you in your spiritual and personal journey, as well. Whether it’s learning to identify and understand how personalities affect relationships, taking steps to transform brokenness and bondage into a blessed life, embracing coffee-cup counseling to build foundations for trust, or empowering individuals to overcome traumatic experiences, we want to teach and prepare you for the unique opportunities of ministry.
OUR HEART | YOUR HELP | THEIR HOPE
Our mission doesn’t have borders, and we aim to carry it out across the whole world. Currently, we are supporting gospel ministry globally, including India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Nepal, Burma and Kenya. We refuse to turn down people God brings us due to finances, so we never want our services to be cost prohibitive. For our educational resources, we offer scholarships supported by the generosity of our student investors and donors, and we give our ministerial services to these native people groups without cost.
Coventry House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so when you purchase our courses or give a donation, you contribute to our ability to continue extending our mission through funding the following:
Establishing ministry training centers around the world that educate and empower Christians.
Exercising our Barnabas Initiative overseas – this program, named after “the son of encouragement,” helps pastors and other ministry-serving saints through struggles they face in their own ministries.
Content development and production improvement for our courses that help build up confidence and knowledge in individuals on various Christian teachings and how they can use what they learn to lead their best lives.
Providing for the livelihood and families of our in-house administrative team.