Mennonite Perspectives on Pastoral Counseling
Edited by Daniel S. Schipani
Drawing from deep wells fed by years of experience and disciplined study, these pastors, professors, and practitioners challenge us to consider what professional and spiritual practices and communal and personal relationships make and keep pastors and pastoral counselors effective followers of Jesus Christ and partners in his ministry.
—Muriel Bechtel, Conference Minister for Mennonite Church Eastern Canada
This clear look at pastoral counseling from an Anabaptist-Mennonite
perspective focuses on the congregation as the locus for pastoral counseling. The writers make a convincing case for pastoral counseling as a ministry of the church. Yet, their examination of pastoral counseling in other settings and in various cultural contexts broadens the discussion of where and how pastoral counseling can be practiced.
—Homer U. Ashby, Jr., W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Professor of Pastoral Care, McCormick Theological Seminary
Content
- Foundations of Pastoral Counseling highlights core theoretical issues and practical principles for pastoral counseling as practiced and taught from an Anabaptist-Mennonite perspective.
- Pastoral Counseling in the Congregation focuses on the contribution of the ministry of pastoral counseling in the faith community.
- Other Settings for Pastoral Care and Counseling presents windows on the practice of pastoral care outside the congregational context.
- Pastoral Care and Counseling in Cultural Context considers challenges and opportunities for Christian care ministry in Indonesian and Dutch contexts.
The authors—David Augsburger, Leah Dawn Bueckert, Alvin C. Dueck, Delores Friesen, Nancy L. Kauffmann, Mesach Krisetya, Marianne Mellinger, Daniel S. Schipani, Marcus G. Smucker, Lies Brussee–van der Zee, and Lonnie Yoder—invite conversation and collaboration with pastors, pastoral counselors, psychotherapists, chaplains, and others involved in and training for care-giving ministries, in the global Anabaptist communion and other traditions.
Two related volumes
The Way of Wisdom in Pastoral
Counseling, by Daniel S. Schipani
Spiritual Caregiving in the Hospital: Windows to Chaplaincy, edited by Leah Dawn Bueckert and Daniel Schipani