Making the connections: the pastoral role of mentored ministry in educating a multicultural society

Sherlane A Washington

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Making the connections: the pastoral role of mentored ministry in educating a multicultural society

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Sherlane A Washington. Making the Connections: the Pastoral Role of Mentored Ministry In Educating a Multicultural Society. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/54d8735b-fcfb-4fac-bb9c-79f642bf40db.

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S. A. Washington. Making the connections: the pastoral role of mentored ministry in educating a multicultural society. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/54d8735b-fcfb-4fac-bb9c-79f642bf40db

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Sherlane A Washington. Making the Connections: the Pastoral Role of Mentored Ministry In Educating a Multicultural Society. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/54d8735b-fcfb-4fac-bb9c-79f642bf40db.

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Abstract

The contents of this thesis project in the culmination of a number of issues that have come to forefront in realizing the need for analyzing the direction of Mentored Ministry for the year 2000 and beyond. First were the many social issues that arose during group discussions, especially from students newly transplanted to the Boston, New England, area from other countries and how these issues impacted their personal spirituality. Second was the difficulty of some of these ministerial students in relating American methodology reflected in the reading material, with the overall cultural attitudes of their congregants who had been raised in other nations. The research material, as well as the information provided from the methodology utilized through systems thinking seeks to inform those of us desiring to develop a more diverse understanding in pastoral care in an increasingly multicultural society. The various literature and causal loop diagrams assisted in examining the spiritual, social, and emotional data needed to strengthen Mentored Ministry students in their pastoral roles in church and within their community. The resulting information revealed a clear need for those attending the class sessions and Peer Theological Groups to recognize a broader scope required in pastoral care as ministers within their various church and para-church positions. The final student comments indicate the impact of specific reading material and lectures over the course of the fall and spring semesters of the years 2000-2001.

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