Mineral Point, Wisconsin – September 15, 2026 – After more than a decade of working directly with people through Christian spiritual counseling, Derek W. Mason is expanding Identity In Christ beyond one-on-one ministry through training programs, books, written resources, teaching, and digital media.
The expansion reflects a natural next step for Mason, who has personally counseled nearly 1,000 individuals since launching his counseling ministry in 2013. Rather than limiting the principles developed through those years to the people he can personally serve, Mason is building ways for individuals, families, churches, counselors, and ministry leaders to apply and share them more broadly.
At the center of that growth remains the same purpose that shaped Identity In Christ from the beginning: helping people deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ, understand their identity in Him, experience healing and spiritual freedom, and live with greater hope and purpose.
Moving Beyond the Limits of One-on-One Counseling
One-on-one counseling has played a major role in Mason’s work, but it also presents a practical limitation. There are only so many people one person can personally counsel.
Mason’s next phase is focused on multiplication.
Through the Christian Academy of Healing, he is training Christians, pastors, counselors, and ministry leaders through a Spiritual Counseling Certification Program. The goal is to equip others with biblical understanding, spiritual preparation, and practical tools they can carry into their own churches, families, communities, and ministries.
This direction reflects one of Mason’s core principles: transformation should eventually equip people to help others. His Transformation in Christ framework progresses through intimacy with Christ, identity in Christ, freedom in Christ, purpose in Christ, and finally equipping others for Christ.
Rather than building a ministry that depends entirely on his personal availability, Mason wants to prepare others to bring the same principles of healing, relationship, freedom, and transformation into the places where they already serve.
Turning Years of Ministry Into Practical Resources
Books and written resources are another major part of the expansion.
Mason is the author of Embracing Our Full Victory in Christ, which explores principles that have become central to his broader work. He is now developing additional resources intended to help readers move beyond simply understanding those ideas and begin putting them into practice.
One of those projects is a 120-Day Devotional designed to help readers apply the principles taught in Embracing Our Full Victory in Christ to daily life. The devotional is being developed as a practical next step, giving readers time and structure to allow those truths to become more deeply established in how they think, relate to God, and understand themselves.
Identity In Christ is also developing an in-depth workbook that will take readers further into the principles introduced in the book. The workbook is intended to provide a more structured pathway for people pursuing deep-rooted healing, lasting transformation, and greater freedom through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Updates on both resources will be shared through the Identity In Christ website.
Changing the Way People See God and Themselves
Mason believes written resources can play an important role because transformation is often connected to how people understand God, themselves, and the world around them.
“Our worldview determines whether we are capable of seeing and knowing God,” Mason says. “Our publications assist people in positioning themselves in a way that they can come into the healing Christ offers the world.”
For Mason, identity is not simply one topic among many. It is foundational to how people understand their relationship with God and how they approach freedom, healing, love, purpose, and life.
His work emphasizes moving beyond behavior alone to examine what shapes that behavior. Identity In Christ combines biblical teaching with an understanding of the whole person, including spiritual, emotional, psychological, and physical dimensions.
The goal is not to offer a quick fix. Mason wants people to develop a deeper relationship with Christ, renew their minds through biblical truth, understand their identity, and build a foundation for transformation that can continue long after they finish a book, course, or counseling session.
Building Resources People Can Use in Daily Life
The 120-Day Devotional and forthcoming workbook represent a shift from simply communicating principles to helping people practice them consistently.
Mason’s years in counseling have reinforced his belief that knowing something intellectually and living from it are very different experiences. A person may understand an idea about identity, forgiveness, freedom, or relationship with God without that truth becoming deeply rooted in daily life.
The new resources are being designed to help bridge that gap.
The devotional will focus on regular application over 120 days, while the workbook will provide opportunities for deeper engagement with the teachings and principles behind Mason’s approach. Together, they are intended to give readers practical ways to examine their beliefs, renew their thinking, and pursue a more mature relationship with Christ.
This approach aligns with the broader mission of Identity In Christ, which emphasizes lasting transformation rather than temporary relief.
Media Creates a Larger Door for the Message
Mason is also using media to take the work beyond the traditional counseling setting.
Identity In Christ already reaches people through books, podcasting, speaking, online training, and digital media. Mason also hosts the Dominion Over Darkness podcast, adding another platform for teaching and conversations around spiritual transformation.
As that digital presence expands, Mason sees an opportunity to reach people who may never attend his church, sit across from him in a counseling session, or participate in a program directly.
The strategy is not tied to charismatic, Pentecostal, Catholic, or any other denominational identity, nor does Mason embrace theatrical approaches to deliverance. His focus remains on biblical truth, authentic relationship with Jesus Christ, compassionate guidance, and the transforming work of the Holy Spirit.
Through video, podcasting, teaching, books, and online resources, Mason wants the message to be accessible wherever people search for hope, healing, freedom, and a deeper understanding of who they are in Christ.
From Personal Transformation to Multiplication
The expansion of Identity In Christ ultimately reflects a larger vision than increasing the number of programs or media channels.
Mason wants the work to multiply.
Identity In Christ’s stated vision is to see believers embrace their identity in Christ, experience lasting spiritual freedom, live out their God-given purpose with confidence, and be equipped to help others do the same. Its mission already extends across spiritual counseling, discipleship, training, books, podcasting, speaking, and practical resources.
Training equips people to serve others. Books and written resources allow individuals to engage with the principles wherever they live. The media create opportunities to introduce those ideas to audiences far beyond the people Mason could reach personally.
Together, those efforts are helping Identity In Christ evolve from a counseling ministry into a broader platform for Christian transformation.
For Mason, the scale may be changing, but the purpose is not. The work continues to center on relationship with Christ, identity, healing, freedom, hope, and helping people carry what they have received into the lives of others.
About Derek W. Mason
Derek W. Mason is a Christian Transformation Expert, pastor, author, and founder of Identity In Christ Ministries. With more than a decade of ministry experience, a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and extensive work in Christian counseling, discipleship, and leadership development, Mason has personally counseled nearly 1,000 individuals through a biblically grounded approach centered on identity in Christ, spiritual freedom, and authentic relationship with Jesus Christ.
He is the author of Embracing Our Full Victory in Christ, the host of the Dominion Over Darkness podcast, the Lead Pastor of Cedar Rock in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, and the founder of the Christian Academy of Healing. Through the academy, Mason leads a Christian Spiritual Counseling Certification Program designed to equip others to guide people toward biblical healing and lasting spiritual freedom.
Learn more about Mason’s work, upcoming resources, and Identity In Christ at Identity In Christ. Follow Identity In Christ on Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
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