The minister can never meet all the spiritual and emotional needs of a congregation. Therefore you need a pastoral team of mature Christians who can join in the pastoral care of the people.
This file contains lessons on how to train a pastoral team on the following subjects:
- Biblical Foundations for the Caregiving Ministry
- Problems of the Care-giver: Codependency
- How to Make an Effective Family Visit
- How to Make an Effective Hospital Visit
- Identifying and Expressing Feelings
- Active Listening (two sessions with the second being a practice session of role playing and exercises)
- Understanding the Human Personality
- Personality Profiles
- Spiritual (Biblical) Counseling
- Assertiveness Training
- Professionalism: Confidentiality and Referrals
- Problem Solving Counseling
- Dealing with Depression
- Ministering to People in Grief
- Crisis Intervention
- Suicide
- Ministry to the Elderly and Shut-ins
- Premarital and Marital Conflicts
- Divorce and Remarriage
- Pastoral Care for Family Problems
- Church Discipline
- Ministry to Inactive Members
- Substance Abuse
- Ministry to Inmates and their Families
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