[통합적연구] 목회상담의 협력자로서의 상담역할에 대한 사모의 인식연구

Rapid changes of modern society brought about various problems in people`s everyday living and these problems are being raised more and more in pastoral ministries. It is becoming essential that churches cure people with these problems within them. If churches do not take up these problems, the congregation will reach out for help outside church, approaching the problems apart from biblical principles. Pastors are heavily occupied in their ministry of leading worship service, visitation, administration, attending various meetings, taking care of unexpected matters, etc. In short, they simply do not have time left for counseling. Consequently, the importance of counseling is often overlooked. This thesis focuses on the wisdom of substituting for the pastors with their wives for them to play the most ideal role of counseling as the closest partner and co-worker by assisting the pastors. Within church, women who outnumber men serve in various important areas of ministry. For the women their problems concern family and church beyond their personal matters. While some of them suffer in private, the wives can approach intimately the afflicted people to help. Furthermore, the women can do more than men with their better understandings of fellow women`s personal problems and perform the counseling more effectively. In order for pastors` wives to do good jobs, wives themselves should experience the changes through the biblical counseling with God`s sovereign power under the absolute authority of the Bible. That`s because this is the ministry of analyzing problems and healing people. The women first should be equipped with love of God and people and have clear understanding and knowledge with the right teachings of the Bible and love God and people. Often today`s reality in counseling lacks the biblical self-image and it is the core of problems. The pastors` wives who are in the precious position given by God should carry out their ministry to help and heal those in pain and distress in accordance with feeling of calling and right principles and methods of counseling. Hope and love of true gospel renew and restore each person through their dedicated care and concerns and glorify God. In addition, this will contribute positive influence as well as the joy and reward the wives experience. And churches and organizations with these women`s ministry should continually provide and spread the practical and concrete counseling training, based on the biblical principles, to other wives of the pastors who are willing to assume the role of counselor.