Pastoral Care and the Missionary

I am scheduled to teach a two-week course at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary (www.pbts.net.ph) this April as part of its Summer Institute. Basically, it is an 8-week course shoved into two weeks. I am not sure that "Pastoral Care and the Missionary" is the name the course will finally settle on, but I like it. …

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Article on the Bible and Crisis Care

Article that was originally published in "Bukal Life Care Journal" (2012 edition). Go down to the post listed at the bottom of this post if you wish to download the entire e-journal. Elijah in Dialogue with Crisis Care" target="_blank">Divine Intervention: The Flight of Elijah in Dialogue with Crisis Care from Bob Munson   Related articles …

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Is Pastoral Counseling Compatible With Missions?

I consider myself to be a missionary. However, my biggest single role is the administrator of a pastoral counseling center. There are forms of counseling that are distinctly evangelistic. But “normal” pastoral care, counseling, and chaplaincy typically work within the “faith context” of the client/patient and assume (to a large extent) that the person already …

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