Pastoral care is the faithful ministry of a religious community to the needs of persons in face-to-face relationships. This ministry comes from a genuine concern for each person, caring about him as a person of unique worth, and caring for him as a mutual responsibility. Pastors are called by the religious community, accredited through professional train ing, and ordained to provide this ministry. The vocation of the pastor needs to be defined more clearly, for in our time it is loaded with complexities and conflicting expectations. When a pastor is called to be the leader of a congregation, he has many tasks and roles to fulfill. He is a priest before God to lead the people in worship and to relate them to God. He is a teacher to instruct and guide the people in their growing religious life. He is an administrator to? su pervise the properties, finances, and activities of the church. He is an organizer who plans and promotes the church program, appoints com mittees, forms groups, and develops public relations. He is the preacher who speaks as a prophet to declare the word of God and call the people to repentance and high resolve. He is the pastor who visits the sick, ministers to the dying, comforts the broken hearted, counsels the per plexed, cares for the lonely and neglected, the oppressed and the dis tressed.