Kairos Care: A Process for Pastoral Counseling in the Office and in Everyday Encounters

by Aaron Perry

Overview

While some people might become pastors to offer counsel, I expect that many pastors see counseling as a daunting, disorienting, and even dreaded part of the job. It can even be scorned by some who consider this pastoral work an unnecessary distraction from leadership and mission. Yet pastoral counseling is a non-negotiable component of pastoral ministry that provides an excellent opportunity to display the love of Christ. Kairos Care teaches a theologically sensitive, practically formed framework for providing focused, time-limited pastoral care and counsel. To keep this framework tangible, this book offers a kairos diagram that illustrates the model for counsel. While the kairos diagram is readily found online, it has been modified to fit a pastoral counsel context for ease of use.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501899126
Publisher:	Abingdon Press
Publication date:	04/20/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Aaron Perry is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Leadership at Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University. Perry holds a PhD in Organizational Leadership from Regent University. He has 15 years of ministry experience as an ordained pastor and educator in The Wesleyan Church. Married with three children, Aaron is a sought-after speaker and seminar leader. He is most recently the author of Biblical Theology for Ethical Leadership: Leaders from Beginning to End (Palgrave MacMillan, 2018).

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Chapter 1 The Model 1

Chapter 2 Look and Listen 25

Chapter 3 Clarify 43

Chapter 4 Conference 57

Chapter 5 Statement of Change 77

Chapter 6 Plan 87

Chapter 7 Action and Accountability 105

Chapter 8 Follow Up 123

Notes 137