A Pentecostal Approach to Pastoral Counselling: Applying Gifts of the Spirit & Revelation Knowledge.

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  • David F. Cartledge Southern Cross College

Abstract

When considering a 'pentecostal approach' to pastoral counselling, two considerations arise. First, Pentecostals are ministry-related, and so 'counselling' in a Pentecostal setting will be overwhelmingly church-based rather than clinical. Secondly, to ask about 'pentecostal counselling' is to pose the question, 'What is the role of the Holy Spirit in the counselling situation?' This is a subject which is fraught with considerable difficulty because of the paucity of credible material to draw on. ... I have attempted to overlay this with an acknowledgment of current and historical attitudes to counselling and therapy as expressed by the various emergent schools of psychological thinking.

Author Biography

David F. Cartledge, Southern Cross College

David Cartledge graduated from Commonwealth Bible College in 1961. He pioneered an outreach in Brisbane while still a student and then assisted in ministry at Hobart for two years before planting the Devonport Assembly of God. A two-year pastorate at Lithgow and then 18 years at Townsville followed this. The next five years were spent planting the Surfers Paradise Assembly and seven other church plants on the God Gold Coast. He served as State Superintendent of the Queensland for 14 years and has been a member of the National Executive of the Assemblies of God in Australia since 1977 and a member of Dr Cho's Church Growth Board for the past 20 years. Pastor Cartledge was appointed to the lead Southern Cross college in 1993. He also carries the portfolio of National Church Planting Coordinator.

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Published

2001-03-01

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Cartledge, D. F. (2001). A Pentecostal Approach to Pastoral Counselling: Applying Gifts of the Spirit & Revelation Knowledge. Australasian Pentecostal Studies, (--). Retrieved from https://aps-journal.com/index.php/APS/article/view/35

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Issue 4

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