Browsing Faculty of Theology by Subject "pastoral care"

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    • Communities: development of church-based counselling teams 

      Potgieter, Stella D. (AOSIS, 2015)
      Pastoral care is a biblical mandate to the Church to be involved in the lives of God’s people. A key metaphor used by Jesus to describe his pastoral role was that of a shepherd. Thus, to be God’s shepherds and instruments ...

    • The covenant as fundamental building block of marriage 

      Du Plessis, Amanda L. (Stellenbosch University, 2012)
      Marriage is an institution of God, a social institution, a multidimensional experience, as well as an intimate personal relationship between a man and a woman. In the Bible the marital relationship is used to describe the ...