Pastoral counseling is not friendship, nor can it be offered without hazard to someone with whom the pastor has a personal friendship.3 But pastoral counseling can best fulfill its distinctive role when it is offered within a community that is based on a network of genuine soul-care friendships. Pastoral Ministry Pastoral ministry also forms part of the broad context of pastoral counseling. It includes such things as preaching, teaching, leading worship, administration, community service, leadership
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