A Pastoral Rule for Today: Reviving an Ancient Practice Contributor(s): Burgess, John P. (Author), Andrews, Jerry (Author), Small, Joseph D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0830852344 ISBN-13: 9780830852345 Publisher: IVP Academic OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources - Religion | Christian Living - Leadership & Mentoring - Religion | Christian Church - History |
Dewey: 253 |
LCCN: 2019002862 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: The pastoral office has always been a difficult calling. Today, the pastor is often asked to fulfill multiple roles: preacher, teacher, therapist, administrator, CEO. How can pastors thrive amid such demands? What is needed is a contemporary pastoral rule: a pattern for ministry that both encourages pastors and enables them to focus on what is most important in their pastoral task. This book, coauthored by three experts with decades of practical experience, explains how relying on a pastoral rule has benefited communities throughout the church's history and how such rules have functioned in the lives and work of figures such as Augustine, Calvin, Wesley, and Bonhoeffer. It also provides concrete advice on how pastors can develop and keep a rule that will help both them and their congregations to flourish. |
Contributor Bio(s): Andrews, Jerry: - Jerry Andrews (PhD, University of Chicago) is the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in San Diego, California. He graduated from the Detroit Bible College (BRE), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (MDiv), Princeton Theological Seminary (ThM), the University of Pittsburgh (MA in Classics), and the University of Chicago (PhD in the Ancient Mediterranean World). |