An Assessment of Pastoral Counseling Courses in Seminaries Serving Evangelical Baptist Students

The present study examined the number of pastoral counseling courses required and offered for Master of Divinity (M.Div.) students from 31 evangelical seminaries which have traditionally served evangelical, Baptist students. In light of survey studies concluding that pastors report feeling inadequat...

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Auteurs: Firmin, Michael W. (Auteur) ; Tedford, Mark (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer 2007
Dans: Review of religious research
Année: 2007, Volume: 48, Numéro: 4, Pages: 420-427
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Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé:The present study examined the number of pastoral counseling courses required and offered for Master of Divinity (M.Div.) students from 31 evangelical seminaries which have traditionally served evangelical, Baptist students. In light of survey studies concluding that pastors report feeling inadequate to function as counselors, we expected to find that seminaries require little formal counseling training. Congruently, none of the seminaries required more than 6 semester hours of counseling training, and the majority required 3 hours or fewer. We recommend further studies which include evangelical seminaries of various denominations.
ISSN:2211-4866
Contient:Enthalten in: Review of religious research