This course provides an introduction to the ministry of Pastoral Care and Counselling within the context of a Christian Church and the African cultural setting.  The course will explore the nature of Pastoral Counseling from a biblical, theological, and psychological perspective,  and discover different methodologies of caring and relational skills needed in pastoral care and counseling,  particularly in situations of a crisis.   This will be done with a view to providing a short term model of intervention in problem areas that arise as well as providing training for the laity.  Through lectures, reading and case studies and counseling skills lab in this ministry.