This document discusses the roles and responsibilities of pastoral care. It references several Bible verses about shepherding God's people and quotes that describe pastors, teachers, and other church leaders being called to equip believers and help the church grow in faith. The key aspects of pastoral care mentioned are counseling, prayer, spiritual disciplines, service to the community, and teaching to challenge and help people mature in their faith.
5. So Christ himself gave the apostles, the
prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and
teachers
Ephesians 4: 11
6. The shepherds returned, glorifying and
praising God for all the things they had
heard and seen, which were just as they
had been told.
Luke 2: 20
I am the good shepherd
John 10: 14
7. So Christ himself gave the apostles, the
prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and
teachers, to equip his people for works of
service, so that the body of Christ may be built
up until we all reach unity in the faith and in
the knowledge of the Son of God and become
mature, attaining to the whole measure of the
fullness of Christ.
Ephesians 4: 11-13
10. So the Twelve gathered all the
disciples together and said, “It would
not be right for us to neglect the
ministry of the word of God in order to
wait on tables.”
Acts 6: 2