What do the elders and consistory do when a church member is not willing to receive home visits or pastoral care? This article studies the reasons for this situation, and what the elders and consistory can do about it.

How should God’s word be applied in pastoral care? This article explains this by looking at the nature of conversation in pastoral care and points to the role God’s word plays in such a conversation.

How do you show care to Christian families in crisis? There are five principles that must guide pastoral care to families in crisis. 

This article shows that the dying and bereaved need pastoral care. This pastoral care must be characterized by love, speaking to people about God, who is the creater and sustainer of all things.

The church is always in need of gospel workers/missionaries. This article shows that the church must understand that compassion is at the heart of mission work—mission work and pastoral care go together. The church must also pray for gospel workers. This is the call of the Lord Jesus in Matthew 9:37.

Part of the task of the elder is to offer pastoral care. This article shows that such pastoral care involves care of the member, the congregation, and the minister.

This article looks at the responsibility of elders and deacons to care for the elderly, widows, and widowers. The author shows how pastoral care can help to meet their specific needs.

What is the task of the overseer (the elders), and what are the needs of the flock with regards to pastoral care? (Acts 20:28).

This article is on pastoral care for your pastor, with consideration toward how to offer encouragement and criticism of your minister.

Caring for the dying and the mourning is the pastor’s and the church member's loving duty.

In this article about the purpose of pastoral care, the task of the elder is examined, as well as his task to stimulate the service of church members.

This article looks at the ruling task and the supervision task of the elders, as well as the elders' task of evangelism and pastoral care.

What is the purpose of pastoral visiting? This article offers a kind of list that explains both why and how elders need to exercise pastoral care.

This article is about home visitation and pastoral care from elders.

This article on the pastoral care of the terminally ill looks at the stages of the terminally ill, the pastor's goals in this pastoral care, the family, and the visitations.