Who else agrees religious leaders locally are playing the shrink role, which is useful since most people cannot afford such services when offered in a professional setting.
somebody should start an NGO to train the pastor on counselling to improve their effectiveness.
mental illness is one thing and false hope is another. Some try others are just predators
70% of them aren’t even qualified to really interpret the Bible without bias, let alone counsel anyone maturely.
I do, I think. That’s what’s important when you open the Bible, thinking!
The Bible is largely symbolic and isn’t exactly a dusty copy of Tom and Mary, there’s more to it
Psychiatry denies the spiritual genesis of all these mental and other problems so it’s antithetical to Christianity.
Personally I don’t believe in going to be counseled. I believe in prayer. Many unscrupulous pastors exploit the so called counseling sessions. Some people even go too far as to divulge sexual problems in their marriage to a male pastor which is very wrong. And has led to illicit affairs between pastors and peoples wives for getting too personal.