An in-depth look at who pastoral caregivers are, what they do, and how and why they do it

An Introduction to Pastoral Care and Counseling is intended to be a guide for both ministerial students and general readers. The book will also be a great help

Since the beginning of the biblical counseling movement in 1970, biblical counselors have argued that counseling is a ministry of the Word, just like preaching

Addresses the critique that pastoral care is indistinguishable from secular psychotherapy by placing a person's relationship to God at the center of pastoral ca

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