Pastoral Ministry category: 1680 books
Pastoral Ministry according to Paul
A Biblical Vision
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
What is the ultimate purpose of pastoral ministry? What emphases and priorities should take precedence? In the day-to-day emphasis on various pastoral roles and pragmatic concerns, what can sometimes get lost is the theological foundation for understanding pastoral ministry.
James Thompson...
Pastoral Theology
Theological Foundations for Who a Pastor is and What He Does
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
While many pastoral ministry books focus on the practical duties of the pastor, few works actually consider how theological truth defines the pastor’s role and responsibilities. These pragmatic ministry tools, though instructionally beneficial, essentially divorce biblical doctrine from ministerial...
by Petersen, Bruce L.
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Most people focus on pastoral ministry--the activities, programs, and outreach connected with the life of the church--when considering the work of a pastor. But one of the most important parts of a minister's job is pastoral care--activities such as compassion, healing, sustaining, guiding, and reconciling...
Ministry Among God’s Queer Folk, Second Edition
LGBTQ Pastoral Care
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
This practical pastoral care handbook, written by two self-described queer people of faith, covers the basic skills that religious caregivers and ministry students need in order to be effective, enlightened, and supportive pastoral care providers to LGBTQ persons in congregational and other community...
Engaging a New Generation
A Vision for Reaching Catholic Teens
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Engaging a New Generation critically examines our commonly held assumptions as well as our often-used models and methodologies initially developed to reach late Baby Boomer and Generation X teens. It then introduces you to the core characteristics of the Millennial Generation teens and the pastoral...
by Marjorie Herschler
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
This book is written from a theological perspective. It explains certain concepts of what is expected of a pastor in pastoral ministry. The pages of this book contain the definition of a pastor in details. This book also highlights if a pastor is called divinely by God or if he is self appointed....
The Pastor Theologian
Resurrecting an Ancient Vision
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Pastoral ministry today is often ruled by an emphasis on short-sighted goals, pragmatic results, and shallow thinking. Unfortunately, those in the academy tend to have the opposite problem, failing to connect theological study to the pressing issues facing the church today. Contemporary evangelicalism...
by Michael Hurdman
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
The pages of this book are a product of 26 years of pastoral ministry. Some of the content was produced for a conference conducted for the state of Alabama Church of God ministers. The material is very conversational in style because it is about issues in which there have been many conversations....
A Guide to International Church Ministry
Pastoring A Parade
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
A Guide to International Church Ministry: Pastoring a Parade explores the unique dynamics of international churches. In a diverse congregation with many nationalities, denominational perspectives, and continual turnover, pastors and leaders face distinct challenges. Drawing on the experience of 24...
The Sacred Wilderness of Pastoral Ministry
Preparing a People for the Presence of the Lord
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2012
Pastors often find themselves struggling to survive in the wilderness of the contemporary church scene. How do they remain faithful in light of the marginalization of organized religion, denominational strife, rapid demographic change, falling numbers and a general malaise among church members? Many...
Pastoral Ministry
The Ministry of a Shepherd
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Pastoral Ministry brings together the mandate of God, the needs of the sheep, and the model of the good Shepherd to uniquely inspire and equip you to fulfill your ministry as a shepherd.
Pastoral Care
Telling the Stories of Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Christian pastoral care is a narrative, ecclesial, theological practice (NET). As a narrative practice, pastoral care attends to the inseparable interconnection between our own lifestories, others’ stories, the larger cultural stories, and God’s story. As a ministry of the church, pastoral care...
Varieties of Gifts
Multiplicity and the Well-Lived Pastoral Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
If there’s one thing upon which contemporary pastors and their congregations can agree, it’s that the practice of ministry in our rapidly changing, increasingly diverse context is a complicated business. Varieties of Gifts highlights the stories of ministers who thrive in this environment, offering...
The Pastor as Scholar and the Scholar as Pastor
Reflections on Life and Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Following the 2009 Gospel Coalition conference John Piper and D. A. Carson presented two talks at Park Community Church in Chicago, IL, sponsored by the Henry Institute at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. The topic of their presentation was on the relationship of scholarship and pastoral ministry....