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From Hurt to Healing: Pastoral Care and Counseling (Part 2)
With today’s complex human needs, demands for attentive care — whether physical, spiritual, social, or emotional present unique opportunities for churches. Despite an increasing number of mental health delivery systems, most people still look to their pastor as the first source of counseling and soul care. To assist pastors and those responsible for pastoral care and counseling, this issue of Enrichment journal is devoted entirely to helping caring professionals bring health and wholeness to individuals and families.
By combining forces, clergy, pastoral counselors, and treatment professionals can help address many of the most critical problems facing individuals today. Topping the list of critical problems addressed in this issue is care to the chronically ill, the dying and bereaved, the divorced and remarried, those with same-sex attraction and sexual addictions, and victims of suicide, rape, incest, and abortion.
Read thought-provoking essays by Victoria A. Gutbrod, Brian G. Frizzell, Mark R. Laaser, Jay Martin, Melody D. Palm, Raymond F. Pendleton, Lou-Ann Redmon, Richard A. Serbin, Heather M. Simon, and others.
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Four core beliefs define the message of the Assemblies of God: Salvation, Divine Healing, Baptism in the Holy Spirit and the Second Coming of Christ. Here are related sermons.
- The Purpose of the Holy Spirit In the Christian
- The Potential of the Holy Spirit
- The Plan of the Holy Spirit
- The Penalty of Grieving the Holy Spirit
- Benefits of Being Filled With the Holy Spirit
- I Believe in Sanctification
- I Believe in the Church
- The Rapture and the Revelation
- What is the Meaning of Pentecost
- Our Blessed Help And Hope!
- Christ The Healer (of physical diseases)
- Salvation 3 S’s
- The Second Coming of Jesus Christ
- Spirit Baptism: Headwaters For Pentecostal Gifts and Ministries
Links of Interest
Marriage Encounter
Marriage Encounter is a weekend away from home, family, and responsibilities. In a comfortable, secluded environment, a couple is guided in the discovery of a new way of communication that will help them know each other better.
Marriage Restored
MarriageRestored is a program for couples who have experienced adultery, addiction, pornography, separation or other marriage-threatening circumstances.
National Institute of Marriage
National Institute of Marriage founded by Dr. Greg Smalley, has developed a Christian marriage counseling program called Intensives. Today the Intensive program is the cornerstone of all products and services offered at NIM. NIM provides marriage counseling, marriage conferences, pastoral training, books, articles, and other marriage resources.
Ministers.AG.org
Find links helpful to you and your ministry, including helpful articles, credential renewal forms, minister's tithe links, demographic research for your area, etc.
Women in Ministry Website
The Women in Ministry web site is by women in ministry for women in ministry to support, connect, and strengthen the women of God and the infinitely creative callings they embrace in the 21st Century.
George O. Wood Web Site
GeorgeOWood.com contains a treasure of verse-by-verse and topical sermons in audio and printed transcripts as well as numerous articles by George O. Wood, General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God. Podcasts also available.
Articles for Church Lay Leaders
Scores of articles on many topics to help train the lay leaders in your church. View articles index.
Enrichment Renewal Retreats & Vacations
Resources and referrals for pastors and their families. Download PDF.
Global Center for Women & Justice
The mission of the Global Center for Women & Justice is to advance the global status of women through research, education, advocacy and collaboration. CWS promotes gender reconciliation and the inherent dignity of all persons, with hope toward equality and healing for humanity.
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Your First Decade in Ministry
When you’ve finished school and been ordained, what’s left? Is there more preparation, or are you now trained for life? What can you expect in the first decade of ministry? How will people treat a young minister? What should you look forward to in the first decade or so of local church ministry?
Enrichment Journal Forum
Visit our forum to comment on Enrichment journal articles and exchange ideas with other pastors, ministers, and church leaders.
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
Academics and Practical Ministry
Encounter: Journal for Pentecostal Ministry
Encounter: Journal for Pentecostal Ministry is a scholarly publication of the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary (AGTS) intended to serve the Church of Jesus Christ by bringing transforming theological and professional insight to bear on the practice of ministry in the Pentecostal tradition.
I Am a Practical Theologian
by Earl G. Creps
How does one balance the academic and the practical? Read the journey of one man who discovered this process.
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Achieving Excellence In Life And Ministry
Are there vital parts of your life and ministry that are out of balance and not getting the best of your time and energy? Successfully executing a balanced life is always more difficult than planning one. The secret to a strong, healthy, and fruitful ministry lies in how you bring balance to five dimensions of your life: spiritual, emotional intellectual, relational, and physical. Giving priority to each of these areas will go a long way in fixing an imbalanced life and ministry.
Moreover, as the complexities of modern living increase, the challenges facing the minister become even more problematic. The persona of the minister’s role can be vastly different, in essence, from who the minister is as a person. Therefore, much of the discussion of this issue of Enrichment will center on the successful balance and integration of the minister’s public ministry and his private life.
Read thought-provoking articles by Mark Batterson, James T. Bradford, Warren D. Bullock, Henry Cloud, Scott Hagan, Byron Klaus, H. B. London, Dallas Willard, Neil B. Wiseman, Dennis Rainey, and others.
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