The Professionalization of Pastoral Care

The Professionalization of Pastoral CareThe SBC's Journey from Pastoral Theology to Counseling Psychology When the organization and structure of the church in America was altered in the early 1900s to meet modern demands, the role of the pastorate became more specialized to adapt to the burdens of the new, efficient structure. In 1920, Gaines Dobbins utilized the business efficiency model at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to formulate a distinct ecclesiology. Discontent with

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Deep Focus helps film lovers not only watch movies critically and theologically but also see beneath the surface of their moving images

it provides an accessible introduction for students

"The New Greek/English Interlinear New Testament contains a literal word-for-word English rendering of the Greek text in interlinear form

31 Biblical Reflections on God's Comfort and Care in the Sorrow of Miscarriage

the book's initial purpose was to refute the charge that Christianity was to blame for the fall of Rome (which had occurred just three years earlier)

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this volume brings together the reflections of church leaders and academic theologians to consider how these roles might be reconnected once again

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