As pastoral counseling and care, is conceived as a form of the evangelistic ministry, it is executed competently with the people who need it, and is organized to maintain an appropriate form of accountability to the church. This type of evangelistic ministry is designed to carry out part of the essential witnessing and mission of the church, in the Body of Christ.
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52Malphurs Aubrey. Advanced Strategic Planning: A New Model for Church and Ministry Leaders. 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House Company, 2005), 29.