Walking With the Flock: The Lost Art of Pastoral Visitation

Pastoral visitation has long been a defining practice of faithful ministry. In 16th–19th c. pastoral theologies, our Reformed forebears taught that visitation stood alongside preaching, sacraments, and prayer as a core duty of the minister, essential to the health of the church. This seminar explores its biblical and historical foundations and considers how pastors today can recover this vital practice—walking among the flock, nurturing spiritual growth, and embodying the shepherd’s presence as a guiding philosophy of ministry