House visits are crucial to the health of the church. Therefore, pastoral visits should form part of the pastor's work. Why is it that pastors find home visits discouraging and thus do not do them? This article discusses five reasons why pastors do not visit.

This article counsels pastors on how to be comfortable in pastoral visits where there can be silence at times. It suggests learning to be comfortable with such silence, especially with the elderly, as well as making an effort to learn the things they like and enjoy.

This article lists fifteen reasons why a minister needs to make time for pastoral visits.

This article offers a succinct reasoning for pastoral visits, as well as how and when such should be done.