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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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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