Welcome
Welcome to the International Council on Pastoral Care and Counseling website! Our site facilitates the communication of pastoral care and counselling activities around the world and connects care providers with colleagues around the world. In particular, ICPCC supports and develops the work of care and counseling with our regional and international gatherings called congresses. ICPCC exists to educate, equip, and empower individuals and institutions in the theory and practice of pastoral care and counseling. We promote intercultural and community care. We engage diverse socio-political contexts, and we place a high value on interdisciplinary and interfaith dialogue.
The International Council on Pastoral Care and Counseling (ICPCC) is a membership organization that was founded in 1979. Members hail from nearly thirty countries on six continents and are pastors, chaplains, professors, and authors.
Mission
The International Council on Pastoral Care and Counseling uses pastoral care and counseling to respond to current needs and situations facing people and communities in the world. We aim to enhance the scientific as well as the academic and praxis quality of the field of pastoral care and counselling.
ICPCC’s mission is
To promote the reflective theory and practice of pastoral care and counselling throughout the world.
To inform, train, educate and inspire practitioners of pastoral care and counselling in various contexts in the world.
To enable practitioners of pastoral care and counselling to be resources for one another and to learn from each other’s cultures, traditions and practices.
To support and to advocate for the unique and essential dimension of spirituality in the teaching and practice of pastoral care and counselling, i.e. the merging of pastoral care with the spiritual dimension of care and healing (pastoral therapy)
To develop relevant theories in the field of pastoral care and counselling and to this end to engage in interdisciplinary discourse.
To organize and assist in the organizing of conferences, consultations and meetings in various areas of the world.
To support the development of counseling centers and organizations for pastoral care and counseling in various parts of the world.
To increase interaction with other care and counselling organizations.
To enhance research as related to spiritual and religious issues, as well as to the human quest for meaningful living and human dignity within the parameters of a multi-faith approach.
The 12th International Congress
Conference Itinerary (detailed)
Please download here: ICPCC 2023 Conference program (Web)
Accommodation Details
Please download here: ICPCC 2023 Accommodation, temperature and tourism attractions
Sunday, 2 July 2023:
Arrival at Oliver Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa (IMPORTANT: Please include your flight itinerary in your registration.)
12h00: Bus leaves from airport to Potchefstroom (Responsible for own lunch / two-hour drive)
18h00: Bus leaves from airport to Potchefstroom (Responsible for own lunch and dinner / two-hour drive)
18h00: Snacks will be served as a light dinner at Sport Village
Monday, 3 July 2023 to Thursday, 6 July 2023:
Each day Congress starts at 8am and finishes at 6pm.
Friday, 7 July 2023:
8h00 – Breakfast
9h00 – Buses leaves for airport (Two-three-hour drive)
12th ICPCC Congress
3-6 July 2023
Guest Speakers



Previous Conference
THANK YOU MALACCA!
CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON PASTORAL CARE & COUNSELLING, AT OUR 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, MALACCA, MALAYSIA.
AUGUST 4 – 10, 2019.
A hundred participants from as far afield as Norway, Sweden, Germany, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nicaragua and the USA joined others from Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia, to be educated, to reflect, and to share with each other on the theme of Learning to Serve People of Other Cultures. Read more…





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