What is Pastoral and Missionary Care and Why is it Important

On today’s episode of CHURCHepreneurs Richard welcomes as his guest Jeff Cagwin. Jeff is a part time Associate pastor for Black Forest Christian Fellowship where he focuses on pastoral care to a largely ex-patriot congregation in Southwest Germany. Jeff also serves as the Missionary Member care director for TeachBeyond in Germany. In this episode Richard and Jeff discuss Pastoral and missionary care and why it is important for Churches. Pastors, mission team leaders, and those interested in missions should listen to this episode. Jeff discusses the opportunities and challenges that face churches and missionaries in the spread of the gospel and how to leverage those opportunities, and face the challenges.

The website for Black forest Christian Fellowship is https://www.bfcf.de

The website for TeachBeyond is https://www.teachbeyond.org and

The website for TeachBeyond in Germany is https://www.teachbeyond.de

Jeff Mentions the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the book “Life Together” where you can find here https://www.amazon.com/Life-Together-Exploration-Christian-Community/dp/0060608528

And Jeff also mentioned the quote from Christian Artist Keith Green “To find yourself you gotta start right here.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XExGrH-Mct4