Biography:

Dr. Chelbegean is a registered Nurse, an ordained SDA Church Pastor, and NCFR Certified Family Life Educator.

Dr. Chelbegean has a broad experience in teaching, ministerial experience, counseling and medical work.

Teaching  Assistant at LLU:   Christian Counseling, Parenting, Cross-cultural Family Values, Theory and Practice in MFt and Law and Ethics

Principal/Professor:  Onesimus Adventist High School, Craiova, Romania.   Classes taught:  Latin, Romanian Language & Literature, Religion, English, French, Music

Ministerial experience includes being a pastor, chaplain, Youth & Family Life Director, and Family Counselor.  He has also been an assistant director at the Christian Counseling Centers Internations, Riverside, CA, coordinating activity of 15 MFT interns and trainees.

He's also been a Behavioral Health Specialist.

Professional Affiliations:   National Council on Family Relations,  Adventist Association of Family Life Professionals, American Association of Christian Counselors, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, California Association of Marriage and Family  Therapists.

Current Research or Professional Activities:

Publications

Witnessing Unconditional Love, Majesty Press, Chicago;  Field Flowers, 2003;  Stairway to Heaven - youth songs, 1996; Small Treatise of Cardiology 1993; The Seventh Church and the Seventh Art, 1992; Music in Church, 1991.

Articles

Dating or Courtship, 1991; Angry, but not aggresive, 1992; Domestic Violence is not always wild, 1993; There is no place like home, 1993; Choosing a life partner, 1994; Whose son are you?, 1995; Second Chances, 1995; A threefold cord, 1996; The first Stone, 1997; It takes a communitu to raise up a PK, 1997; At the well, 2009; Immigrant Christian families at the crossroad, 2010;  Culture, faith and family, 2010.

Public Presentations

Holistic Growth, Angry Saints, The Adventist Family  in the Globalization Era, Our Children and Media, The Christian Immigrant Family, Gender Roles and Cultural hermeneutics, Christ and Culture, Self-esteem Self-respect Sefl-value, The Young Adventist in the Army, Challenges of Christian Singleness, Premarital Preparation, Christian Marriage, Holistic Intimacy, Biblical Parenting, Divorce and Remarriage.