Developing a model of pastoral care of bereaved African-American families in a Missionary Baptist Church

Joseph Augusta Bryant

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Developing a model of pastoral care of bereaved African-American families in a Missionary Baptist Church

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Joseph Augusta Bryant. Developing a Model of Pastoral Care of Bereaved African-american Families In a Missionary Baptist Church. Candler School of Theology of Emory University. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/ba8a6969-77df-4168-8a34-d2306ed6f72c.

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J. A. Bryant. Developing a model of pastoral care of bereaved African-American families in a Missionary Baptist Church. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/ba8a6969-77df-4168-8a34-d2306ed6f72c

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Joseph Augusta Bryant. Developing a Model of Pastoral Care of Bereaved African-American Families In a Missionary Baptist Church. Candler School of Theology of Emory University. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/ba8a6969-77df-4168-8a34-d2306ed6f72c.

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Joseph Augusta Bryant

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Abstract

This project proposes a model for pastoral care of bereaved African American families through an extended study of 27 deaths in a Missionary Baptist congregation, concentrating on the stages of grief. Based on interviews and questionnaires distributed among bereaved families, the project constructs a model that establishes networks among families, funeral directors, support groups, and social service agencies; empowers families and support ministries to meet needs of those who experience grief; and promotes healthy pastor/parish relationships as pastors lead bereaved families and communities through stages of grief. The project finds that grief is a process with differing stages of recovery; people experience and react to grief in different ways; and the pastor is a pivotal person in this process because in the African American community the pastor is considered to have biblical and theological knowledge of grief.

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