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FACTORS INFLUENCING THE EVANGELICAL PASTORS' SPIRITUALITY-ORIENTSD COT]NSELING PRACTICES

AND THEIR IMMEDIATE EFFECTS

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Thesis

Presented to the Graduate School

Holy

Angel

University

In Partial

Fulfillment of

the Requirements for the Degree

of

Masteqof Arts in Guidance and Counseling

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The study described the factors influencing the evangelical

pastors'

spirituality-oriented counseling practices and their immediate effects.

The descriptive statistical methods,

specifically tools

such as frequency, percentage and mean distributions, ranking and correlation were employed

in

processing the data gathered. Instruments used were a self-made questionnaire by the researcher,

the Counseling Orientation Test

adopted

from Ed Neukrug, and

unstructured interviews to

clarifu

responses. Participants were 108 pastors

of

Angeles

City

and the

City of

San Fernando.

Results

of the study show that

pastor-respondents are

dominantly

male (67.0T%), married

(79.63%),likewise

_those aging

from

31

to

50 years (69.45%) and those

who

have

I to

15 years

in

pastoral

ministry (77.78yo). It

also appears

that

pastors have adequate

training on spirituality,

however there

is a

need

for

further

training in

the area

of

counseling.

A

considerable number (42

or

38.39%)

of

the respondents adopted the humanistic orientation

to

counseling

followed

by

cognitive

and

brieflsolution

focused counseling techniques.

As to the natwe of

problems encountered, almost

all

(105) of the respondents afhrmed that problems related

to family

relationships are the most common concerns

of their

counselees as

well

as problems related to spiritual

life

⁽⁹⁴⁾ and love

life

(80).