E217: Local Pastors Talk, The Pastor and Counseling

In this episode of Local Pastors Talk, Jason leads a discussing on the pastor as counselor. For this discussion, he is joined by three other local pastors from the Emory, TX area. Together they cover questions like:

• Are pastors obligated to provide counsel to others?
• What can pastoral counseling look like in the life a church?
• Are there difficulties and/or dangers in pastoral counselling?
• Should pastors have connections outside the church for referrals in more extreme cases?
• Should pastors cooperate with other local pastors in a given community toward the end of assisting one another in the task of counseling?

Episode guests:

• Pastor Robert Burns (Miracle Faith Baptist Church, Emory, TX)
• Pastor David Banks (Emory Methodist Church, Emory, TX)
• Pastor Richard Kellam (Point Church of Christ, Point, TX)