Pastoral Care and Counseling
Prerequisite: Pastoral Theology and Life
Credit Hours: 3
This course serves as an introduction to the pastor’s duties and responsibilities as counselor of souls. This course overviews different methodologies of pastoral counseling and teaches the student how to discern the difference between pastoral counseling and clinical counseling. The student is equipped in skills of listening, note taking, and discernment within a counseling context, and the proper application of Law and Gospel to address the spiritual needs of the congregant.