Course Description

323 – Congregational Care

This course course introduces students to practices of congregational care and the pastor’s responsibility in caregiving.

Students will be able to:

1. Implement and oversee appropriate types of care in varieties of settings, including prisons, hospitals, nursing facilities and homes.
2. Organize caring ministries within the congregation.
3. Discern and implement appropriate boundaries, knowing when and to whom to refer people, and when and when not to share information.
4. Reflect on practice skills of sensitive care giving, using role play and analysis case studies.

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