Kairos Care

A Process for Pastoral Counseling in the Office and in Everyday Encounters

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Kairos Care
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Published April 2021

While some people might become pastors to offer counsel, I expect that many pastors see counseling as a daunting, disorienting, and even dreaded part of the job. It can even be scorned by some who consider this pastoral work an unnecessary distraction from leadership and mission. Yet pastoral counseling is a non-negotiable component of pastoral ministry that provides an excellent opportunity to display the love of Christ. Kairos Care teaches a theologically sensitive, practically formed framework for providing focused, time-limited pastoral care and counsel. To keep this framework tangible, this book offers a kairos diagram that illustrates the model for counsel. While the kairos diagram is readily found online, it has been modified to fit a pastoral counsel context for ease of use.

About the Author

Aaron Perry

Aaron Perry is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Leadership at Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University. Perry holds a PhD in Organizational Leadership from Regent University. He has 15 years of ministry experience as an ordained pastor and educator in The Wesleyan Church. Married with three children, Aaron is a sought-after speaker and seminar leader. He is most recently the author of Biblical Theology for Ethical Leadership: Leaders from Beginning to End (Palgrave MacMillan, 2018).