This is the first time an author has listened to pastors in Africa and compared her findings with pastoral counseling from a Western perspective. Pastoral Counseling in Africa and the West presents a practical record of pastoral counseling in Africa. It accounts for the wide difference between pastoral counseling in Africa and the West considering that pastoral counselors in Africa received Western theological training. It presents a theological perspective of the pastoral counseling ministry in Africa and the West. It also presents both perspectives as professional partners in conversation with each other. "Thank God for providing trained experts like Dr. Daramola to enlighten His people. I have every confidence this publication is only the first installment. More GRACE to her elbows!" Emmanuel Oladipo Former International Secretary Scripture Union

Author Biography

Ibidun Daramola (PhD) has lived and practiced counseling from different cultures. She served many years as Training Secretary with the Nigerian Fellowship of Evangelical Students. As a teacher, women leader, a counselor and a communicator, she writes from her wealth of experience in both lay and professional counseling. She is a family counselor, passionate about families, matured singles and young people.