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A Training Program For Grief Ministry For Singapore Seventh-Day Adventist Pastors, Chor Kiat Sim
A Training Program For Grief Ministry For Singapore Seventh-Day Adventist Pastors, Chor Kiat Sim
Professional Dissertations DMin
Problem
Many Seventh-day Adventist church pastors in Singapore are not trained in grief ministry. This results in some pastors who are insensitive to the grieving. Consequently, theirs and many church members' grief has been unresolved. This study was undertaken to develop a holistic pastoral perspective regarding grief and to compose a training program in grief ministry that will help pastors understand their own grief dynamics and that of their parishioners.
Method
This project attempts to present the principles of grief ministry through the following dimensions: (1) Singapore's need of grief ministry in the midst of socioeconomic development; (2) the study …