The Roles Of Pastoral Presence

Pastoral Presence Pastoral care involves the presence of God in a relationship. Pastoral care also involves not just what you know, but also what you are. Christian faith affirms God presence with us, knowing that God hears us wherever we are. Christian faith affirms God’s presence with us, God’s remembering, and hearing us wherever we are, (Patton, 21). One must remember that regardless of the situation that may be going on at the present time, God is forever with us. Pastoral care involves praying to be the best represented possible, realizing that what you are, enables you to challenge change. One must have the willingness to get out of their comfort zone of familiarity, to a state of challenging difficult situations. As being one that …show more content…
The presence that I am offering is more than presence. I also represent pastoral relationship, the role, function, and identity of a minister, (Patton, 25). Pastoral relationship involves the way a person function in the role of a minister and how they identify it. One must be careful not to force God on the one receiving pastoral care, but to reassure them that God is always there. When being visible and operating in a community or society, it is important that you represent in an acceptable and respectable …show more content…
How we listen to what the person is telling about their present situation, the condition of his illness, his family, loss of job or significant person in his life. The pastor listens to understand as much as he can about the immediate challenges to the person’s life, (Patton 29). In doing this it helps the pastor to put a picture together of what the situation really means and how it will affect the rest of his life. As the pastor listens, it helps him to decide when will be the best time to present the question of what the situation really means to the person, and how to deal with