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A Psychosocial Support System For Seventh-Day Adventist Pastors In West Indonesia, Edison Pandjaitan
A Psychosocial Support System For Seventh-Day Adventist Pastors In West Indonesia, Edison Pandjaitan
Professional Dissertations DMin
Problem The adjustment that many SDA Indonesian pastors go through in the early years of their ministry and the feeling on the part of some ministers that they lack essential psychosocial support suggest the importance of designing a systematic support system. Therefore the dissertation addresses the following questions: (1) How do SDA pastors in the West Indonesia Union indicate their need of a support system? (2) What resources are available to meet the needs of Indonesian pastors? (3) What can the minister, the local church, and the hiring organization do to strengthen this support system?
Method The project is descriptive-prescriptive. …