An investigation of the resources, strategies and methodologies of pastoral care based on biblical and theological understandings of God and human experience. Pastoral care issues are addressed in relationship to the multiplicity of contexts in which ministry occurs. Half course Informed by Biblical, theological and scientific approaches to personhood and relationships, frameworks are provided for congregational ministries with persons who are single, divorced, preparing for marriage, married, and in families.
Students learn enrichment, crisis counseling and support skills.
The most often cited positive influences of faith development are cited.