num_pages: 186
description: In Theological Context for Pastoral Caregiving, Howard W. Stone helps his fellow pastors and worship leaders provide effective and faithful pastoral care and counseling through the study of the correlation between pastoral care and theology. You will learn that in order for pastoral care to be effective it must have a theological base to shape the caregiving experience. At the same time, theology must be informed by the needs and experiences of the people being served and by the ministry of pastoral care. By relating these two issues, you gain a unique viewpoint not offered by books with simply a psychological focus.The author draws from his day-to-day clinical practice of pastoral care and counseling to show how pastoral care and theology can be brought together. Through Howard Stone’s work, the reader learns 
language: English
title: Theological Context for Pastoral Caregiving: Word in Deed
titlecomplete: Theological Context for Pastoral Caregiving: Word in Deed (Religion, Ministry, & Pastoral Care)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Haworth Pastoral Press