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An important definition of pastoral care can be found in the Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling as described:
‘Pastoral care is considered to be any form of personal ministry to individuals and to family and community relationships by representative religious persons (ordained or lay) and by their communities of faith, who understand and guide their caring efforts out of a theological perspective rooted in the tradition of faith.’
There are several noteworthy features of this definition as it emphasizes the essentially personal nature of pastoral care and that its implications that it can only be done where the people is seen as representative of religious communities. ...
More noticeably is the apparent effects of pursuing the secular counseling paradigm as the model for pastoral care, as such a result of loss of contact with theology and the specifically religious tradition. Don Browning had extended the scope of his work beyond pastoral care to present the challenge that all theology is essentially practical theology because it is practice laden in its origins and content.
Approximate Word count = 826
Approximate Pages = 3.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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