Journal Archives
Suicide Identification, Signs, Symptoms, and Prevention
Published: November 16, 2025
Suicide continues to pose a major challenge to mental health systems worldwide, touching individuals, families, and communities...
Revisiting "Opium of the Masses": A Pastoral-Counselling Framework for Understanding Religious Influence and Abuse in Ghana
Published: November 1, 2025
The statement 'religion is the opium of the masses' has often been cited as a critique of how faith can numb people to painful realities...
Imprecatory Prayer and the Ethic of Love: A Case Study of Christian Persecution in Nigeria
Published: October 11, 2025
In recent years the Christian community in Nigeria has endured wave upon wave of brutal attacks...
Healing Together: Pastoral Care in a Fractured, Traumatized World
Published: September 19, 2025
This paper argues that pastoral care in the African context must be a communal and collective endeavor.
Using the 12-Step to Wholeness Approach in Treating Marital Conflicts: A Case Study of Ghanaian Charismatic Churches in the Accra-Tema Area
Published: June 5, 2025
Marital conflict remains one of the most pervasive challenges confronting Christian families...
Pastoral Care and Hospice Support for the Elderly in Ghana: A Contextual Theological Reflection
Published: June 2, 2025
Aging in Ghana is changing rapidly as traditional family structures weaken under modernization.
Between Blood and Choice: How Cultural Expectations Shape Family Obligations in Ghana
Published: February 1, 2025
Family remains one of the most enduring social institutions in Ghana, yet the expectations surrounding...
Faith and Psyche: Conversations on African Christian Counselling
Published: January 4, 2025
The relationship between faith and psychological well-being continues to shape pastoral practice across Africa.
Sanctifying Temperament: The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Transformation of Personality in Christian Counseling
Published: December 11, 2024
The human temperament, while divinely designed, carries both beauty and brokenness. In Christian...
Faith-Informed Counseling and Temperament Theory: A Ghanaian Perspective on Integrating Theology, Psychology, and Culture
Published: March 2, 2024
This work presents a Ghanaian approach to integrating theology, psychology, and culture in the practice of faith-informed counseling.
The Theology of Hope in African Eschatology: Faith, Resilience, and the Future of the Church
Published: December 8, 2023
In the African Christian imagination, hope has always been more than a doctrine; it is a survival strategy...
Eschatology and Ecology: Reading Creation Care through the Lens of the New Creation.
Published: January 15, 2022
In the African Christian imagination, eschatology has too often been interpreted as an escape from the earth...
Temperament and Ministry Leadership: Understanding Emotional Intelligence among Ghanaian Clergy
Published: August 8, 2019
Leadership in ministry requires more than theological knowledge; it demands emotional wisdom. This study explores...
Counselling the Wounded Healer: A Temperament-Based Exploration of Compassion Fatigue in African Pastoral Ministry
Published: June 26, 2017
Pastoral ministry, though sacred, can become emotionally draining when compassion is extended beyond one's capacity...
Guiding the Adolescent Conscience: A Christian Counseling Approach to Managing Peer Pressure in Junior and Senior High Schools
Published: February 9, 2011
Adolescence is a season of profound formation — a time when values, identity, and belonging are constantly negotiated within the crucible of social influence...
Creation Therapy and Human Behaviour: Evaluating the Arno Profile System in Christian Counselling
Published: August 1, 2004
Understanding human behaviour requires a framework that accounts for both psychological structure and spiritual identity...
The Bible as Therapeutic Narrative: A Faith-Psychology Integration Approach to Pastoral Counselling
Published: April 2, 2004
This article examines the Bible as a therapeutic narrative and explores how Scripture can be used in pastoral...
Faith, Temperament, and Marriage Stability: A Case Study among Pentecostal Couples in Ghana
Published: February 3, 2004
This article investigates how temperament compatibility and shared Christian spirituality shape marital satisfaction...
Before the Vows: Developing a Theological and Psychological Framework for Premarital Counselling in African Christian Contexts
Published: December 18, 2003
Marriage in the African Christian context is often celebrated as a communal covenant but rarely approached as a deliberate formation of character and faith...
Understanding Dreams: A Psychological and Pastoral Reflection within Ghanaian Faith Communities
Published: November 7, 2003
Dream interpretation has held a prominent place in many Ghanaian faith-based communities...
African Ecclesiology and the Crisis of Compassion: Re-envisioning the Church as a Healing Community.
Published: January 8, 2002
The African Church stands at a moral and spiritual crossroads...
The Holy Spirit and the Human Psyche: A Pneumatological Framework for Christian Counseling in Africa
Published: January 1, 2002
This article proposes a pneumatological framework for understanding and healing the human psyche within African Christian counselling...
Divorce-Proofing the Christian Home: A Preventive Model for Marital Sustainability.
Published: December 1, 2001
The increasing incidence of marital breakdown within Christian communities calls for renewed attention to preventive approaches in marriage counseling and discipleship...
Gender, Power, and the Gospel: Theological Reflections on Women's Redemption and Dignity in Africa.
Published: April 10, 2001
In the African Christian imagination, marriage has often been viewed primarily as a social institution or cultural achievement...
Forgiveness and Emotional Liberation: A Theological-Psychological Study Among Victims of Betrayal in the church
Published: December 18, 2000
Forgiveness stands at the intersection of faith, woundedness, and emotional recovery, yet it remains...
The Theology of Rest: Sabbath, Stillness, and the Spiritual Renewal of Leaders
Published: October 12, 1999
The demands of ministry often leave leaders drained, spiritually dulled, and emotionally overextended.
The Imago Dei and Mental Health: Toward a Theological Anthropology of Wholeness.
Published: July 18, 1999
In a world where mental health crises continue to erode human dignity, the doctrine of the Imago Dei-humanity...
The Unequal Yoke and the Easy Yoke: A Deep Bible Study on Deuteronomy 22:10 and Matthew 11:28-30
Published: June 3, 1998
This theological chapter examines the spiritual and psychological symbolism of the "yoke" as presented in...