he Social Ministry Handbook presents social ministry’s vision for social transformation, integrating human and social sciences with a faith perspective.

It is also designed as a reference companion for social ministers in the field, featuring a step by step methodology (the pastoral cycle) to facilitate life-giving change in social systems and in people’s consciousness, an introduction to various basic tools for ministerial action, and an orientation to some current areas of concern that cut across most of the field-work experiences.

The material presented in this work has been collected from a few courses offered in the BA degree programme in Sciences and Praxis of Human Development at the Institute of Social Ministry in Mission – Tangaza College (The Catholic University of Eastern Africa), and it features:

1.   The Meaning of Social Ministry:
      = History of Social Ministry
      = Testimonies
      = References

2.   The Methodology of Social Ministry:
      = Introduction to Ministerial Methodology
      = The Pastoral Cycle: Insertion, Social and Cultural Analysis, Theological Reflection, Action

3.   Management and Research Tools:
      = Principles of Management
      = Human Resources Management
      = Project Management
      = Principles of Marketing
      = Financial Management
      = PRA Tools

4.   Some Areas of Concern:
      = Peace Education
      = Civic Education
      = Violence and Reconciliation
      = Human Rights
      = Integral Human Development
      = Micro-finance
      = Entrepreneurship

for more information contact: Bro Alberto Parise mccj
ISMM director