Solution-Based‚ Short-Term Pastoral Counsleing Final Project By Mike Garner Presented to Dr. Robyn Simmons In partial fulfillment of the requirements of Introduction to Pastoral Counseling PACO 500 Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Lynchburg‚ VA March 3‚ 2013 Abstract My future ministry will be as Co-Pastor of a medium sized Community Church in Lewisville‚ Texas. Each Sunday the church will have approximately 240 in attendance of Sunday morning worship service. My overarching
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Bishop R.A.R. Johnson‚ a former Methodist minister‚ in Beaufort South Carolina. Bishop Johnson‚ dissatisfied with the Methodist church and its lack of positive support for the Pentecostal experience which included tongues‚ the indwelling of the holy spirit‚ and the observance of the original seventh day Sabbath‚ left the Methodist church to form what was called the “ Commandment Keepers”. Through Bishop Johnson’s travelling ministry both nationally and internationally the church experienced rapid
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day after Passover observances. The New Testament used the term to refer to the established Jewish feast. However‚ since the gift of the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2)‚ Christians reinterpreted the meaning of it in terms of this event. One of the features of the Pentecostals is the doctrine of baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. 2. Who are the Dalits? Dalit is a designation for a group of people traditionally regarded as
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seven often signified completeness. In Mary’s generation demonic possession had a reputation of being impure or having an unclean spirit. The people of Magdala excluded Mary form their Jewish Galilean society because of her possessions. Mary was most definitely traveling alone when she embarked on the long journey to meet Jesus in Capernaum. The map below shows The Holy Land based on New Testament retrieved from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints website: http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bible-maps/map11
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CASE STUDY – The G12 (Government of 12) Tracking System The church has a total of 2‚533 active members. It has three scheduled worship services every Sunday: 8:00 A.M.‚ 10:30 A.M.‚ and 3:00 P.M.‚ and a midweek worship service on Thursday. Each of which‚ except for the midweek‚ is called a family and is headed by a pastor. The Thursday service is a joint worship service of all the families. With the population of church attendees continuously increasing‚ the church leaders decided
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I think that many people have found themselves in situations where they must make a decision on whether to lie about something or tell the truth. Many would probably agree that people choose to lie to save themselves from a problematic outcome telling the truth would have caused. Most people have been raised with the foundational principle that lying is wrong‚ and yet all the people will‚ at some point in their lives‚ most likely will choose to lie instead of telling the truth. The interesting phenomenon
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Louisiana. Describes the revival setting where the worshippers received the baptism of the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues upon experiencing the baptism of the Holy Ghost; an extravagant print culture transmitted the events‚ their ideology‚ and the implementations of Pentecostalism‚ and re-constructing the West Coast events in the south.
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What does it mean to be Catholic? To be Catholic means to be whole‚ one with community‚ rich in spiritual tradition. Catholicism is a lens or filter which provides a meaningful pattern to our experiences which otherwise would be lacking in life and interest. It is comprised up of faith‚ theologies‚ and many different doctrines; even ethical and spiritual orientations and behaviors. At the same time though‚ it is a community‚ a group of many strong willed people‚ with a particular history.
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The Christian Sociological parts‚ have influenced each other in the past. Christian churches in U.S. society still maintain importance because "approximately 80 percent of Americans...identify themselves as Christian; many of the new immigrants in fact are Christian‚ e.g.‚ those from Haiti‚ Puerto Rico‚ Mexico and Central America" (Caiazza‚ 2010‚ p. 190). In terms of their role in the Christian Sociological model‚ Stuckenberg (1880) holds that the individual "in society is a representative of Christ
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shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.” (Isaiah 13:6; Joel 1:15). John in Revelation did the same. “And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night‚ saying‚ Holy‚ holy‚ holy‚ Lord God Almighty‚ which was‚ and is‚ and to come.” (Rev. 4:8; 11:17; 16:5‚
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