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This research is to suggest a method of pastoral care and counseling for a grief family in a church. A pastor ought to recognize the psychological transformation and methods of consolation for a grief family to do pastoral care and counseling effectively. Especially, this research is focus on the children and the old in a grief family. These people are not apt to overcome death anxiety or cognition of death. As a matter of fact, death and death anxiety always exist human being closely. Anybody is unable to overcome the death and death anxiety. Death brings separation to all human being. Death and death anxiety remain an enemy and as an object of phobia in human`s unconsciousness. Paul Tillich states that death is the biggest event in life process. Also, he calls death to metaphysical shock. Accordingly, it is necessary to decrease of death anxiety and shock in modern ministry. Death and dying are individual thing completely. However, grief, loss and effectiveness of death are not personal but social. Even though some one is terminal ill in bed, this anticipated death brings shock, loss, grief, and psychological trauma. It is serious that the discouragement of a grief family who has care terminal ill. Normally, the grief family feels empty, resentment, anxiety, mental depression, loss, and phobia. These are the traumatic experience, post-traumatic disorder, and scar of death. According to Marvin G. Gilbert & Raymond T. Brock human is unable to overcome totally. However, one is able to overcome death anxiety through faith. Especially, Robert A. Raab makes a statement that one who has Christian affiliation: reading the Bible, prayer, praising God, baptism, and attending worship service is less death anxiety than who has not religious resource. Therefore, it is very important for a pastor to emphasize the means of grace to decrease death anxiety of a grief family. It is possible for a church member to establish faith on death and dying through cognition of the great beyond, kingdom of heaven, judgement of God, forgiveness, resurrection, and Christian charity. John Terner makes sure that not only a dying patient but also a grief family is able to be possible psychotherapy through the Bible study. So¨ren Kierkegaard state that frequence of prayer is very close to death anxiety of a grief family. That is, someone who prays to God frequently, it must he overcame anxiety, phobia, panic, and sorrow on death and dying. Accordingly, a pastoral counselor ought to emphasize means of grace for a grief family.