Beyond Church Walls: Cultivating a Culture of Care

by Rick Rouse

Book Overview

Pastoral care has been traditionally understood as pastoral acts administered to individuals or small groups by an ordained or lay religious practitioner. As congregations in the twenty-first century begin to reclaim the missional nature of church, this view must be broadened to include care and concern for the needs of the larger community. A missional perspective of pastoral care embraces the notion that all of Gods peoplenot just trained professionalsare...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451490348
• ISBN13: 9781451490343
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"