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Authors: DeKoven , Stan and Smith, Kathy J.
Develop A Pastoral Care Ministry in Your Church is a combined text from the book Effective Pastoral Care in the Local Church by Kathy Smith and 5 Steps to Effective Christian Counseling by Stan DeKoven. Dr. Kathy writes: This combined work offers a comprehensive textbook for the course, Develop a Pastoral Care Ministry in Your Church.
Why is it important to develop a pastoral team of care approach to ministry? It is the essence of the mandate of God for the body to join in unity as one. The church is where each individual member of the body comes together to not only get their own personal needs met, but to also do their part to meet the needs of the other members of the body. The body is where each joint (relationship) supplies the needs of the church. Pastors were never meant to fulfill all the needs of their individual church members, but they were called to train, equip, mentor, and teach each member to do the work of the ministry and fulfill their own personal calling in the Lord.
