Weaknesses Of A Social Worker

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“As Psalm 82:3 commands nd Galatians 6:10 states, we as a church feel it si our responsibility to show a Christian response to poverty. We therefore commit to long-term assistance for the poor and needy amongst us. We strive to help them achieve economic self-sufficiency while focusing on the family’s spiritual, physical and emotional growth, as well as their positive interaction with society” (Church Model, 1995). In the year 1995, Professor Cynthia Sutter-Tkel and her students, created an outline for the church of how to serve their society. Its set up as though the church is conneced to a Social Worker or one in office. In my opinion, however, we don’t need to be a Social Worker to serve the community with the Social Work values. One pastor …show more content…

Pastor built off of his previous answer, where helping the needy is the entire church’s responsibility. However, there is a fear that “the church as a whole could look at this ministry as a “yes you better believe we help the poor and needy we have a social worker who handles that” mentality.” So it is critical that there is an understanding and a commitment by the congregation to be involved in whatever needs the church has or partakes in. If the church hires a Christian Social, the entire church needs to be aware of their ministry, goals, and needs. Then they need to be committed to serve alongside the Social Worker and get involved in different unique ways. Providing mentoring families is one way of completing …show more content…

How can the basic purpose of the Church Model be implemented? Pasto Peck stated that the most important thing to consider is the demographics of the church. Depending on where the church is located and the surrounding population will definitely alter how the Model is carried out. It also depends on the congregation of the church, and how open they are to service. He thought that it would be more common for large urban churches, with the bigger congregation to be given tasks. With a larger church, you can reach a bigger population of the poor and needy. In a church where the people have a passion to attend to those in need, it would be so much easier to accomplish it. Pastor Peck stated, “I think that there would be great opportunity if presented to the congregation as this is what we believe we should do to help the poor and needy and get people to not only buy into, but become involved, as many as possible.” It is important to not only have a desire and longing, but then act on it and actually get involved as a church

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