Mobile Ed: PC131 Shepherding Women (4 hour course)
Overview
Dr. Bev Hislop provides strategies to improve pastoral care to women. The course examines the biblical portrayal of women, considers the effect of physiological and psychological differences between men and women on pastoral care, and offers a profile of effective shepherding of women.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion you should be able to:
- Summarize the portrayal of women in both the OT and the NT
- Compare and contrast the physiology and psychology of men and women
- Describe the characteristics of good and bad shepherds of women
- Describe basic techniques for meaningful shepherding of women within the Church
Course Outline
Unit 1: A Pastoral Understanding of Women
- Gender Distinction in Scripture
- Searching for Resources on Gender and the Image of God
- Unique to Man
- Unique to Woman
- Impact and Implications of the Fall
- Woman as Life-Bearer (1)
- Woman as Life-Bearer (2)
- Discovering Different Views of 1 Peter 3:7
- Woman as Companion and Bride
- Compassionate Shepherding
- Moved to Compassion
- Jesus’ Compassion in Mark 5
- The Woman Who Touched Jesus
- Jesus’ Compassion in John 4
- Condemnation in John 8
- Elizabeth, Mary, and Mary
- Women Shepherding Women in Titus
- Older Women and Men in Titus
- Unit 1 Quiz
Unit 2: Physiological and Psychological Differences
- The Formation of the Brain
- Empathizing and Systemizing (1)
- Empathizing and Systemizing (2)
- Processing Pain
- Gender Advantages
- Using the Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology and Counseling
- Unit 2 Quiz
- Midterm Exam
Unit 3: Women Shepherding Women
- Distinctives of Shepherding Women
- Performing Bible Word Searches on “Shepherd”
- What Makes a Good Shepherd?
- Women as Shepherds
- Effective Biblical Shepherding
- Unit 3 Quiz
Unit 4: Profile of Shepherding
- The Metaphor of Sheep
- Bad Shepherds Are Non-shepherds
- Ezekiel 34
- Creating a Handout about Good vs. Bad Shepherding
- The Impact of Poor Shepherding
- Using the Passage Guide to Examine the Context of Ezekiel 34
- The Impact of Good Shepherding
- Essential Elements of Good Shepherding
- Creating, Sharing, and Collaborating on Prayer Lists
- Elements of Shepherding: Binding the Injured
- Do’s for Shepherding: Discover If She Wants to Change
- Two Do’s for Shepherding: Lists and Limits
- Consulting Pastoral Visitation: A Pocket Manual
- Two Do’s for Shepherding: Answers and Referrals
- Examining Legal Issues Associated with Counseling Ministries
- Do’s for Shepherding: Walk through Her Pain
- Do’s for Shepherding: Respect Her Choice
- Two Do’s for Shepherding: Presence and God’s Power
- Three Don'ts for Shepherding: Advice, Promises, and Fixing Things
- Two Don’ts for Shepherding: Assumptions and Facts
- Two Don’ts for Shepherding: Judgments and Workload
- Two Don’ts for Shepherding: Overspiritualizing and Emotions
- Listen to My Story
- Active Listening
- Empathize with Me
- Reflect My Options
- Respect My Choices
- Unit 4 Quiz
- Hope for the Church
- Final Exam
Product Details
- Title: PC131 Shepherding Women
- Instructor: Bev Hislop
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Publication Date: 2014
- Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
- Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources
- Courses: 1
- Video Hours: 4
Partially includedAbout Bev Hislop
Dr. Bev Hislop is a writer and professor with over 30 years of experience in women's ministry. She is the founder of the Women’s Center for Ministry at Western Seminary, where she currently teaches. Dr. Hislop has served on the board of Network for Women in Leadership, hosted a weekly radio program, and established and directed several women’s ministries.
Dr. Hislop’s newest book, Shepherding Women in Pain, is a vital resource for pastors, women’s ministry directors, and all who have a heart for helping hurting women. Dr. Hislop is also the author of Shepherding a Woman's Heart, and was a major contributing author to the Women's Ministry Handbook.
Getting the most out of Mobile Ed
Logos Mobile Education is a highly effective cross-platform learning environment that integrates world class teaching with the powerful study tools and theological libraries available in Logos Bible Software. Every course provides links to additional resources and suggested readings that supplement the lecture material at the end of every transcript segment.
This course was produced with screencast videos. These videos provide tutorials showing you how to use Logos Bible Software in ways that are tied directly into the content of the course. We are now producing Activities resources as a replacement for screencast videos. We plan on updating this course to include this additional Activities resource in the future for no extra charge.