Basic Type of Pastoral Care and Counseling by Howard Clinebell

Basic Type of Pastoral Care and Counseling by Howard Clinebell

Introduction

According to Howard Clinebell, the major aim of Pastoral counseling is to help individuals, families or groups, to face the pressures and crises of life. Pastoral counselors use a variety of methods to help people deal with the problems in ways that are consistent with biblical teachings. From the perspective of biblical teaching, it is believed that all believers should bear the burdens of one another and that the pastoral counseling is the responsibility of all Christians. Pastoral theology or practice has traditionally been understood as a branch of theological discipline that encompasses matters pertaining to theology applied, Christian education, preaching and worship, and administration of the church. According to Howard Clinebell practical theology moves in universe of what happens, articulates its reflection in dialogue with the disclosed and thus understood theologically. Based on this reflection formulates objectives, takes into account the teachers and lands in the field of Christian imperatives by operational proposals. Through the history of the Christian church has been shown to that the Kingdom of God is quickened within her people need pastors and pastors who are theologians and theologians who are shepherds and shepherdesses. In other words need pastors who are serious reflection theological and acting in accordance with the Gospel. Theology is understood in this sense not only the study of the relationship of the Creator with his creatures, but also, as the faith community or body of Christ lives and experiences to God. It starts from the idea that humans were created to be collaborators and partners with God and not just spectators. So, in thinking, feel, do and express the essence of what it means to be human is being done theology and trying to understand the actions of men and women in with the Gospel and God's constant revelation. According to Howard Clinebell the mission of pastoral counseling is both inward and out in relation to persons who are in need. In the church pastor or priest is normally the parishioners come to trust the situations they are going through. That's why the Pastor should be able to advise a disciplined manner and with appropriate techniques and strategies to help the parishioner who needed his counsel. Explain the basis or biblical roots of the six dimensions of the fullness and uniqueness of counseling.

Counseling is a matter for our pastoral office, years ago believed that there was some material concerning it, with scientific content and well addressed. For that reason, sometimes our recommended leaving dissatisfied and thought he had done a good job with spiritual prayer focused solutions of attention in the short or long advised. Howard Clinebell's work contains valuable information to the Minister for his many ways to help the counselee and techniques mentioned. However some methods can have weaknesses for their humanist roots, this is understood by the author's perspective on a platform located evangelical conceptions tinged ...