A Challenge to Church Leaders: The Necessity of Supervision for Ordained Ministers

2005 ◽  
Vol 59 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 3-15
Author(s):  
Ryan LaMothe
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Moral Demand ◽  
Pastoral Practice

This article is an explicit challenge to church leaders and ministers of all denominations to take seriously the necessity of obligatory supervision for ordained ministers. To support this challenge, the author describes fundamental principles of pastoral care that found the moral demand for and benefits of the supervision of pastoral practice. Before offering practical suggestions on the implementation of supervision, reasons for the personal and institutional resistance to supervision of ordained ministers are depicted.

scholarly journals 'Go in peace – and die!' The task of the church in the HIV and/or AIDS context

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alta C. Van Dyk
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Aids Prevention ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Minimum Support ◽  
Electronic Questionnaire ◽  
Main Message ◽  
The Temple ◽  
The Church ◽  
Health And Well Being

The purpose of this study was to investigate how the white Afrikaans-speaking churches in the Reformed tradition are dealing with the health and well-being of its parishioners in the HIV and/or AIDS context. An electronic questionnaire was filled in by 142 clergy from various Afrikaans-speaking churches. Results showed that clergy (90%) believed that HIV and/or AIDS is a much bigger problem outside the Afrikaans-speaking church than inside the church. Although 66% agreed that HIV was also a problem in white Afrikaans-speaking churches, only 30% admitted that it was a problem in their own congregation. Most (70%) believed that HIV and/or AIDS can be ignored in their own congregations. A small number of clergy took it on themselves to provide HIV and/or AIDS counselling (21%), care (19%) and education (18%) with minimum support from church leaders. When it came to HIV and/or AIDS prevention, most clergy were only prepared to preach abstinence and faithfulness, with their main message that ‘our bodies are the temple of God and that it should not be violated’ (70%). Is it not time for clergy to confront reality and to protect their flock by also teaching them prevention skills?Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The article is relevant to the fields of pastoral care, psychology and HIV and/or AIDS.

Pastoral Practice of the Academic Parish of Prague

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-91
Author(s):  
Adela Muchova
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Specific Character ◽  
Parish Ministry ◽  
Pastoral Practice

This paper examines pastoral practice of the Academic Parish of Prague in compliance with its specific character – service to people from academia. Data analysis from qualitative interviews and document-based research identified two major areas of ministry – pastoral care (ad intra) and public engagement (ad extra) – and positioned the community somewhat between a parish ministry and chaplaincy. Specifically, empirical research suggested that people opt for this parish because it acknowledges their social, spiritual and intellectual needs seriously and relevantly, and addresses its members with respect. Theologically, it maintains there is a compatibility between the parish offer and expectations of people, and argues that the parish interpreted and handled its specific mission – addressing urban and educated people – relevantly and authentically.

Marvellous Foolishness

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Church Of England ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Tudor England ◽  
The People ◽  
John Colet ◽  
Moral Demand ◽  
The Church

This chapter examines how the English bishops demonstrated the indispensability of their jurisdiction by launching a campaign to eradicate heresy. There is no doubting the seriousness with which heresy was taken in early Tudor England, or the determination of church leaders to see it eradicated. In February 1512, John Colet reminded the Fathers of Convocation that the realm was nowadays ‘grieved of heretics, men mad with marvellous foolishness’. His suggestion that the wicked lifestyle of priests itself represented a kind of heresy was calculated to concentrate minds on the problems facing the Church of England, and the weight of moral demand on those charged with addressing them. In England, the people accused of heresy were known as Lollards. The chapter first considers the heretics' link to reformation of the Church before discussing the inner worlds of Lollardy.

scholarly journals PENGARUH MOTIVASI AWAL KULIAH BAGI MAHASISWA STKIP WIDYA YUWANA TERHADAP SEMANGAT PELAYANAN DI LINGKUNGAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-99
Author(s):  
Bonaventura Praba Caraka ◽  
Agustinus Supriyadi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Conscious Effort ◽  
Pastoral Practice

Motivation is a conscious effort, which comes from within and outside of a person. Motivation is affecting a person's behavior so that he moved his heart to act to do something to achieve a certain result or goal. The call to be a catechist must be well motivated and not just looking for a position. This motivation is also needed by students of STKIP Widya Yuwana, as a potential catechist. The issues that arise are: whether the students of STKIP Widya Yuwana have pure motivation from inside themself as catechist? Are their motivations fixed or changed? Do they have the motivation to serve? How far the initial motivation to enter college to give influence for students of STKIP Widya Yuwana? How does motivation have an impact on pastoral care, which is the duty and responsibility of students of STKIP Widya Yuwana, as a potential catechist?Based on the problem, the purpose of this research is to see how far the influence of early motivation for college students of STKIP Widya Yuwana to the spirit of service in the environment.Through questionnaires to 48 respondents using quantitative research methods, it was found that most of the students admitted that there was an influence between the initial motivation to enter the lecture toward the pastoral practice in the environment, but the initial motivation of the students as candidates for catechism and/religious teachers needs to be refined so that students seriously answer the call of his life as a catechist candidate, not just to pursue offers that offer a position or salary alone. Thus, the coaching of these students needs to get the attention of many parties.

scholarly journals Pastoral Care for Difficult Peopel in the Church

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-64
Author(s):  
Agung Gunawan
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
The Church

ABSTRACTABSTRACTThis article will discuss how to deal with difficult people in the church. Church leaders should not antagonize or even remove them from the church. Difficult people in the church should not be avoided but must be dealt with properly and correctly.In dealing with them the church leaders did not contradict them. Church leaders have a duty to provide pastoral care for them. In this article, we will first discuss the types of difficult people in the church. Next will be described the ministry of important principles in pastoral care needed by difficult people in the church. The hypothesis of this article is that through appropriate pastoral care, difficult people in the church can be transformed into good individuals and support church ministry.Keyword:. Pastoral Care, difficult people, in the church

Teaching Pastoral Care and Counseling in an African Context: A Problem of Contextual Relevancy

1995 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan T de Jongh van Arkel
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Pastoral Care ◽  
North American ◽  
Pastoral Theology ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Pastoral Care And Counseling ◽  
African Context ◽  
Uncritical Acceptance ◽  
Pastoral Practice

Summarizes the current status of pastoral care and counseling in South Africa and notes the variety of implications resulting from the uncritical acceptance of the Western Europe and North American styles of pastoral care and counseling. Outlines and details the necessary project of contextualizing which now faces pastoral caregivers in South Africa as it attempts to integrate its unique cultural and religious heritages into developing a relevant pastoral theology that will serve pastoral practice and pedagogical necessity.

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