Program Overview

The Pastoral Care and Counseling degree equips students to provide pastoral care, godly counsel, and effective leadership in pastoral ministry settings. Students will study counseling, biblical preaching and teaching, spiritual formation, interpersonal and family relationships, and conflict and communication. The degree includes a practicum.

All four-year Johnson students complete two majors: one in Bible and Theology and one in their chosen field, such as Pastoral Care and Counseling. Transfer students with substantial prior coursework may complete a reduced set of Bible and Theology requirements instead of the major. Learn more about the Bible and Theology curriculum here.

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Curriculum

  • Encountering Cultures
  • Introduction to Counseling Ministry
  • Counseling Ministry Practicum
  • Biblical Teaching and Preaching
  • Spiritual Formation for Ministry
  • Conflict and Communication
  • Pastoral Counseling
  • Family Life Education Methodology
  • Interpersonal and Family Relationships
  • Biblical Interpretation

What can you do with a Pastoral Care and Counseling degree?

Career Outlook

  • Spiritual Director
  • Family Minister
  • Church Administrator
  • Outreach Minister
  • Social Services work
  • Prison Outreach
  • Leadership/staff in a variety of nonprofit, missions, and ministry organizations