Developing the Caring Community: A Ten Week Course in Pastoral Care for Laity

Dennis L. Butcher

An excellent guide for training laity in pastoral care within the congregation and informally with friends and neighbors. Program includes leader’s guide and participant packet — everything needed to teach a group of lay people how to be more effective as caring ministers.

Available from The Alban Institute, order #OD105.
Call (888) 486-1318.

Handbook for Ministers of Care

Genevieve Glen, Marilyn Kofler and Kevin O’Connor

This is a manual for those already involved in the ministry of care, and for those preparing to undertake this vital work. In these pages you will learn a theology of sickness and suffering, practical advice on making pastoral visits, how to take care of yourself while caring for others and where to find further information about illnesses affecting those you visit.

Available from Liturgy Training Publications
1800 North Hermitage Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
Call (888) 933-1800.

Head and Heart: The Story of the Clinical Pastoral Education Movement

Charles E. Hall

Published by Journal of Pastoral Care (June 1992). Available at online retailers or your local bookstore. ISBN: 092967006X.

Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling

An award-winning professional publication offering articles and book reviews on pastoral care, pastoral counseling, clinical pastoral education, and ministry in specialized settings. The Journal is published 4 times a year: Spring/Summer, Fall, Winter, and Supplement

Call (404) 320-0195 or visit The Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling to subscribe.

Liberation Theology and Pastoral Theology

Rebecca S. Chopp and Duane F. Parker

Published by Journal of Pastoral Care (December 1990). Available at online retailers or your local bookstore. ISBN: 0929670035.

Ministry to the Homebound

Kent C. Miller

A 10-Session training course. Excellent guide for training lay visitors to the homebound. ISBN 0-89390-268-3

$29.95
Available from Resource Publications
160 East Virginia Street #290
San Jose, CA 95112

Peer Review: A Theological Perspective

Jasper N. Keith, Jr

Available from the Journal of Pastoral Care Publications
1549 Clairmont Road, Suite 103
Decatur, GA 30033-4611
Call (404) 320-0195

Professional Pastoral Care Organizations

The following professional organizations will provide information about their certification requirements:

American Association of
Pastoral Counselors (AAPC)
9504A Lee Highway
Fairfax, VA 22031-2303
(703) 385-6967

College of Pastoral Supervision
& Psychotherapy (CPSP)
P.O. Box 162
432 West 47th Street, 2 - W
New York, NY 10036
(212) 307-1537

Spiritual Assessment in Pastoral Care: A Guide to Selected Resources

George Fitchett

Published by Journal of Pastoral Care (March 1993). Available at online retailers or your local bookstore. ISBN: 0929670078.

The Hospital Handbook: A Practical Guide to Hospital Visitation (Revised edition)

Lawrence Reimer and James Wagner

Written from a non-denominational perspective, this book covers general principles of pastoral care with an emphasis on hospital ministry. While intended for a professional pastoral audience, this book could also be of value to hospice volunteers and other caregivers to the dying who make frequent hospital or home visits to multiple patients.

Available from Growth House.

The Supervision of Congregational Ministries: The Reflective Practice of Ministry

George Fitzgerald

Published by Journal of Pastoral Care (July 1993). Available at online retailers or your local bookstore. ISBN: 0929670086.