IPC - Introduction to Pastoral Care

  • 990 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 1
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 1
    AQF level
  • Pastoral & Church-Focussed Ministry Unit Discipline

Content

Section A: Biblical foundations for pastoral care.

  • Patterns of the pastor’s role, e.g. Ezekiel 34, John 14, 16, Ephesians 4, the Pastoral Epistles.
  • The pastoral role of the congregation, e.g., John 17, Acts 2, Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 4–6, Colossians 3–4.
  • Biblical insights on the nature of human individuals and human groups.
  • The maturity theme, individual and corporate, within the New Testament.
  • The distinction between pastoral care and pastoral counselling.

Section B: The demands made by crisis situations, for example: Illness, alcoholism and drug dependence, youth homelessness and delinquency, marriage problems, terminal illness, death, bereavement.

Section C: Pastoral care with small groups and families; the local church and the helping professions; preventative care.

Section D: Developing skills in pastoral care.

  • Upbuilding skills; teaching, encouragement, recognition of gifts.
  • Coping with negativity, e.g. criticism, gossip, scapegoating.
  • Individual ‘discipling’.

Set Readings

Benner, D., Strategic Pastoral Counselling (2nd ed.; Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003).

Dawn, M. & E. Peterson, The Unnecessary Pastor, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000).

Stairs, J. Listening for the Soul (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2000).

Tidball, D. J., Builders & Fools (Leicester: IVP, 1999).

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