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ABSTRACT
COMPREHENSIVE CARE: PASTORAL CARE OF PEOPLE LIVNG
WITH HIV/AIDS IN THE PILGRIM WESLEYAN CHURCH IN ZAMBIA
by
Sitah
Stephen Kakungu
This
study presents a comprehensive pastoral care model that can be adopted by
churches to
help care for people living with HIV and/or AIDS (PLWHA) in the Pilgrim
Wesleyan Church of Zambia (PWCZ). This model can help church leaders and
congregants to provide comprehensive care to PLWHA. The model of care can help meet
the
spiritual needs, physical needs, social needs, livelihood needs, psychosocial needs,
psychological needs and biomedical needs of PLWHA. This pastoral care model is
holistic, integrative and collaborative in nature.
PLWHA have needs that cannot be addressed the classical
multiple by pastoral
care models. Classical care models focus on needs at the
pastoral meeting spiritual
expense of the physical, socio-economic, hvelihood and the medical needs. The purpose
of this
study was to evaluate the pastoral care practices to PLWHA in the Pilgrim
Wesleyan Church and to develop a comprehensive pastoral Care model sensitive to the
needs ofPLWHA.
This research was a
qualitative study that utilized case studies of four local
churches, personal interviews and a focus group. The sample for this study included
leaders and congregants from the four local churches. The leaders for this study were the
four
pastors, five deacons, and five deaconesses. The congregants for this study were the
three PLWHA and three members from each of the four local churches.
The
findings in this study indicated that there were no planned pastoral care
practices for PLWHA in the Pilgrim Wesleyan Church of Zambia. Secondly, the
available
spiritual care and compassionate ministry is too general and inaccessible to
PLWHA and their families. Third, local
Pilgrim Wesleyan Churches are significantly
silent HIV/AIDS and PLWHA in their all
regarding respective congregations. Fourthly,
the identified a need for a of care for PLWHA in the
participants specific ministry
Church. almost leader and in the
Pilgrim Wesleyan Finally, every congregant Pilgrim
Wesleyan Church are affected significantly by HIV/AIDS.
DISSERTATION APPROVAL
This is to that the dissertation entitled
certify
COMPREHENSIVE CARE: PASTORAL CARE OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH
HIV/AIDS IN THE PILGRIM WESLEYAN CHURCH IN ZAMBIA
Presented
by
Sitali
Stephen Kakungu
has been towards fulfillment
accepted
of the for the
requirements
DOCTOR OF MINISTRY at
degree
Asbury Theological Seminary
May 14. 2013
Date
May 14, 2013
Date
May 14. 2013
Dean of the Beeson Center Date
COMPREHENSIVE CARE: PASTORAL CARE OF PEOPLE LIVING
WITH HFV/AIDS IN THE PILGRIM WESLEYAN CHURCH IN ZAMBIA
A Dissertation
Presented to the of
Faculty
Asbury Theological Seminary
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the for the
Requirements Degree
Doctor of
Ministry
by
Sitali
Stephen Kakungu
2013
May
�2013
Stephen Sitali Kakungu
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ABBREVIATIONS vii
LIST OF TABLES viii
LIST OF FIGURES ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS x
CHAPTER 1 PROBLEM 1
Introduction 1
The Problem Stated 12
14
Purpose
Research 14
Questions
Research
Question #1 14
Research #2 15
Question
Research Question #3 15
Definition of Terms 15
Care 15
Comprehensive
Pastoral Care Practices 15
Classical Pastoral Care Model 15
Pastoral Care 16
Comprehensive
Holistic Care 16
16
Compassionate Ministry
Intervention 17
Ministry
Context 17
Overview of Zambia 18
Poverty in Zambia 20
Breakdown of Communal Care Practices 20
Urbanization 20
Orphans 21
The
Pilgrim Wesleyan Church of Zambia 21
Methodology 22
Participants 23
Instrumentation 23
Data Collection 24
Data
Analysis 25
25
Generalizability
Theological Foundation 26
Trinitarian ofMission 26
Theology
Trinitarian
Ministry 27
Overview 27
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE 29
Introduction 29
with HFV/AIDS 30
People Living
Needs ofPLWHA 31
Care Models 32
Contemporary
Practical Care Models 40
Theology
Inherent Evils of HIV/AIDS 41
A without 41
Gospel Compassion
ii
Scope of Pastoral Care 42
Qualities of Pastoral Caregivers in HIV/AIDS 43
Weaknesses of Classical Pastoral Care Models 44
Purpose Driven Care Models 44
HIV
Competent Churches 45
Church Assets in Provision of Care 45
Congregational Home-Based Care 46
Support Groups for PLWHA 46
Pastoral Care Moral
Advocacy 47
BibHcal
Theological Framework 47
Trinitarian God 49
Trinitarian Mission 49
Trinitarian
Ministry 53
Trinitarian Care 53
Care of the Sick in the Old Testament 54
Care of the Sick in the New Testament 56
Care of the Sick in Church
History 60
Care of the Sick in Some African Traditions 64
Research
Design 64
Summary 66
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY 69
Problem and
Purpose 70
Research Questions 71
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