This study focused on the search of the impact of absent father on the lives of young adults in the household. In the interview with the coparticipants,
the research revealed that the problems of absent father prevailed and continued to traumatize young adults despite the
execution of pastoral care of laying hands and uttering of prayers on young adults by pastors and deacons of the church since these are the
pastoral practices and care the church offers to assist in halting the problems. The absence of pragmatic of pastoral method caused dismay
more especially on young adults because they perceived a church as a family of God which is endowed with power to provide healing and
comfort abundantly in their lives as well as changing the mind-set of their fathers who deserted them. Prior to this research the inability to
deal and solve the problems of absent father caused the congregation to encounter dilemma because some members of the congregation
emphasized that these young adults who their problems of absent father seem not to be solved by prayer and laying of hands must be
referred to psychologist while others suggested that such young adults must be excommunicated because they disturb the smooth running of
the worshipping in the church. These views prompted the current research. It was, therefore, the aim of this study to journey with the coparticipants
in order to understand and have knowledge of the situation they are encountering so that the research will employ the
appropriate pastoral care and practice to assist them to get rid of the problems of absent father, / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2015. / Practical Theology / MA / Unrestricted
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:up/oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/66358 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Mbhele, Moruti Herbert |
| Contributors | Masango, Maake J.S., maake.masango@up.ac.za |
| Publisher | University of Pretoria |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Rights | © 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. |
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