Date of Award
Fall 2025
Document Type
Project
Degree Name
Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
Committee Chair
Terry Casino
Abstract
This project sought to equip pastoral care ministry members of Grace Presbyterian Church to explore communal grief and deepen their own understanding of family systems in intergenerational grief. Participants engaged in a four-week training series aimed at reducing fear surrounding discussions of death, dying, and grief, empowering pastoral caregivers in the church to offer compassionate care to grieving individuals and families. Participants were trained to facilitate Bible studies, group discussions and were equipped with the skills necessary to guide and expand the church’s existing bereavement ministry beyond crisis intervention, strengthening pastoral care efforts, and the pastoral care ministry of the church.
Citation Information
Brewer, Charles Brandon, "Weeping in the Household: Equipping Pastoral Caregivers Among Grieving Families at Grace Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland" (2025). Doctor of Ministry Projects. 75.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/divinity_etd/75
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