Effective Pastoral Care Ministry In The Local Church [Paperback]

Write the vision. Make it plain. Pastoral care ministry benefits the church and its constituency, as well as the team members delivering the care. Personal spiritual growth, corporate body growth and healing for the hurting are just a few of the many benefits that can be gleaned from participation on a pastoral care team. The objective of this book is to paint a picture of effective pastoral care; using your mind as the canvas and revelation as the brush, to impart the vision. Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) states: Without a vision the people perish. The NASB states, Where there is no vision (revelation) the people go unrestrained. Without vision, people have no direction, like a river with no shore, left to wander aimlessly without guidance or parameters. How can one prepare, strategize, and enact a plan that will take you to the finish line if you have no vision to guide you? Habakkuk said, write the vision. Why? So that he who reads it may run with it. We want you to run with it, so the impartation is imminent. We wish to impress upon your own personal canvas, a vision for effective pastoral care. It is then your responsibility to act on the vision, pick up the baton and run the race. Now is the time to make it happen; as we endeavor to do the work of the Lord. See you at the finish line! God Speed! Why is Pastoral Care Important? To Avoid Losing People in the Cracks This is what the people in the community could be saying about your church.......... - I wish my church was as supportive and caring as your church! - That church knows how to love on its congregation! What a fantastic group of people. - Your church is the best cared for flock in the region! A good quality Pastoral Care Ministry can decrease the incidence of people going MIA inside the four walls of your local church. What is a MIA you might ask? MIAs are the people of your body that are Missing in Action. You know, those people that come to visit once, twice, or maybe even three times; and thenl#