PAS-3023 – PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELING
COURSE DESCRIPTION
A course dealing with principles of psychological and biblical
counseling, providing ministry to the physically, spiritually, and emotionally
ill. This study is integrated with other more traditional aspects of pastoral
care. Self-understanding and listening skills are emphasized, as well as
religious resources and exercises such as Scripture, prayer, and openness and
obedience to the inner direction of the Holy Spirit.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The following are competencies for Ordination
Course of Study which are achieved by this course:
1. Ability to appropriately express pastoral care and concern for
individuals and families in crises,
passages, and the normal routines of life. (CP-14)
2. Ability to offer spiritual counseling and to discern for referral
counseling needs beyond the
minister’s ability. (CP-13)
3. Ability to apply the knowledge of basic counseling gained from
historic Christian and
Appropriate contemporary models. (CP-16)
4. Ability to describe and apply personal communication skills, nurturing
relationships, conflict
resolution skills for marriage and family. (CH-13)
COURSE PROFESSOR
Dr. Mike Boswith
COURSE TEXTBOOKS
[
1. Dayringer, Richard. The Heart of Pastoral Counseling.
0789004216
2. Kollar, Charles Allen. Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling.
Zondervan, 1997. ISBN:
0310213460
3. Collins, Gary. Christian
Counseling: A Comprehensive Guide. Word, 1988. ISBN:
084993124X
4. Crabb, Larry, Effective Biblical Counseling,
22570-1
5. Timothy Clinton and George Ohlschlager,
Competent Christian Counseling, Volume
1,
WaterBrook Press, 2002 ISBN 1-57856-517-0
6.
Gary Collins, Christian
Counseling: A Comprehensive Guide, Dallas: Word, 1988.
7. Charles G. Ward (Editor)The
Billy Graham Christian Worker's Handbook: A Topical
Guide with Biblical Answers to the Urgent Concerns of Our Day ISBN
089066272X
RECOMMENDED
1. Benner, David G. Strategic Pastoral
Counseling. Baker Book House, 1992. ISBN: 0801010276
2. Dillon, David. Short-Term Counseling.
Word Books, 1992. ISBN: 0849907756
3. Clinebell, Howard. Basic Types of Pastoral
Counseling. Abingdon Press, 1984. ISBN: 0687024927
4. Gerkin, Charles V. An Introduction to
Pastoral Care.
5. Hitner, Seward. Pastoral Counseling.
Abingdon Press, 1969. ISBN: 0687303176
6. Hurding, Roger. The Tree of Healing:
Psychological and Biblical Foundations. Zondervan, 1991.
ISBN: 0310251419
7. Langford, Daniel. The Pastor’s Family.
8. Miller, William R. and Jackson, Kathleen.
A Practical Psychology for Pastors. 2nd
ed. Prentice Hall,
1994. ISBN: 0131718290
9. Oates,