As professors of Pastoral care in five Southern Baptist seminaries considered a common need among their students and among pastors, they brought this book together out of personal experience, wide study, and classroom conversations. Its chapter headings reveal its scope and usefulness. Contents: (1) Counselling in the Context of the Church; (2) The Person hood of the Pastoral Counselor; (3) Pastoral Counselling: Its Process and Procedures; (4) Pastoral Counselling and the Ministry of the Word of God in Christ; (5) Pastoral Counselling and the Educational Intentions of the Church.