PASTORAL CARE
Instructor: Dr.
Beth McCaw
Phone: 563-589-3390 (office)
563-585-2220 (home – evenings or
weekend for urgent needs)
Email: BMcCaw@dbq.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION
An introduction to the caring aspects of pastoral ministry,
including biblical foundations of care, the development of pastoral identity,
various models of care, and varieties of essential pastoral communication
skills necessary for entering diverse situations of crisis and need.
- Hunsinger, Deborah Van Deusen, Pray Without Ceasing: Revitalizing Pastoral
Care (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006).
- Killen, James L.
Pastoral Care in the Small Membership Church (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005). Selections.
- Several articles
provided as pdf’s on the course site.
RECOMMENDED AS A RESOURCE, NOT REQUIRED:
- Franklin, Cynthia, and Rowena Fong. The
Church Leader’s Counseling Resource Guide (New York: Oxford, 2011) -
selections.
- Teacher: Beth McCaw