5 ministry killers and how to defeat them : help for frustrated pastors--incl…

pt. 1. This ain't Kansas anymore. "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get" -- "Houston, we have a problem" -- Frankly, my dear, I don't give a ..." -- pt. 2. "What we've got here ... is a failure to communicate" (what almost 2,000 pastors and more than 600 church members revealed). Schoolyard bullies who eat our lunch -- Punch 'em out, tell …

Participating in God : a pastoral doctrine of the Trinity / Paul S. Fiddes

Contents: Introduction : from experience to doctrine -- A personal God and the making of community -- The triune God and questions of power and authority -- The God who acts and the point of intercessory prayer -- The vulnerable God and the problem of suffering -- The God of love and the practice of forgiveness -- The living God and the threat of death -- The Spirit of God and spiritual gifts -…

Life cycle theory and pastoral care / Donald Capps ; Don S. Browning, editor.

Includes bibliographical references.

Brothers, we are not professionals : a plea to pastors for radical ministry /…

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Look before you lead : how to discern and shape your church culture / Aubrey …

Part 1. The basics of congregational culture. Why leaders should read this book : the importance of culture -- What are we talking about? : the definition of culture -- What we do : the church's expression of culture -- Why we do what we do : the church's cultural values -- What we believe : the church's beliefs -- How we respond : the church's relationship to culture -- Part 2. Reading congreg…

The heart of the parish : a theology of the remnant / Martin Thornton.

Includes bibliographical references.

The word of God and pastoral care / Howard W. Stone.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Reflections of a contrarian : second thoughts on the parish ministry / Lyle E…

Includes bibliographical references.

Co-creating : a feminist vision of ministry / Lynn N. Rhodes.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral). Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-132).

Under the unpredictable plant : an exploration in vocational holiness / Eugen…

Undercapitalized Vocations. Vocational Idolatry. The Jonah Story -- I. Buying Passage to Tarshish. 1. Jonah Disobedient. Escape to Tarshish. Stay Where You Are. Ecclesiastical Pornography. The Travel Agent in Joppa. 2. Jonah Obedient. Professionalized Obedience. The Kind of Pastor We in Fact Are -- II. Escaping the Storm. 1. Repudiating Tarshish Religion. What Do You Mean, You Sleeper? The Amer…

Working the angles : the shape of pastoral integrity / Eugene H. Peterson.

"In Working the Angles, Peterson calls the attention of his fellow pastors to three basic acts--which he sees as the three angles of a triangle--that are so critical to the pastoral ministry that they determine the shape of everything else. The acts--prayer, reading Scripture, and giving spiritual direction--are acts of attention to God in three different contexts: oneself, the community of fai…

Pastoral theology : essentials of ministry / Thomas C. Oden.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-354). Includes indexes.

Comprehensive pastoral care : enabling the laity to share in pastoral ministr…

Includes bibliographical references.

The vital congregation / Herb Miller.

Your most important employee -- The God connection -- Climate controls the crops -- The beehive principle -- Loading the plane -- Taking down the fences -- Putting the wheels on -- The best kind of networking -- Beyond the fund-raising mentality -- From serve-us to service.

Shared wisdom: a guide to case study reflection in ministry

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142).

The tender shepherd / John Killinger.

Edition

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Physical Description

208 pages ; 22 cm

Call Number

BV4011 .K55

Being holy, being human : dealing with the expectations of ministry / Jay Kes…

091746317X

Ministry and imagination / Urban T. Holmes III.

"A Crossroad book." Includes bibliographical references.

Ministry and solitude : the ministry of the laity and the clergy in church an…

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

0816404984

Physical Description

xi, 93 pages ; 22 cm

Call Number

BV4011 .F35

Creating an intentional ministry / edited by John E. Biersdorf.

Includes bibliographical references and index.