Pastoral Ministry category: 1680 books
Shepherds After My Own Heart
Pastoral Traditions and Leadership in the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
Scripture says, "I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding" (Jeremiah 3:15). Most of Israel's pastoral imagery is grounded in two traditions: Moses as God's under-shepherd and David as shepherd-king. These traditions, explains author...
Defying Gravity
How to Survive the Storms of Pastoral Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Satan is a strategic foe. His darts and doubts are designed to undermine the power of truth. He knows the importance of destroying the integrity and well-being of spiritual leaders in order to decimate the church of Jesus Christ. Pastors and church leaders need to learn about how to prepare...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
In Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families, psychiatrists and pastoral theologians come together in an interdisciplinary, collaborative effort to ensure accuracy of information concerning the medical dimensions of mental illness, interpret these illnesses from a faith perspective,...
21st Century Pastor
A Vision Based on the Ministry of Paul
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
The third millennium. It's a time of tremendous opportunity for the church--and tremendous challenge. More than ever, pastors need a model for ministry that can equip them for the rigors of a restless, increasingly secularized culture. In the 21st Century Pastor, David Fisher explores the apostle...
by Dr. William Burnham
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
The Role of the Pastoral Leader in the Church Today is a book every pastor should want the church he leads to read. In this book, the people of the church come to understand the call of the pastor and what his true biblical qualifications should be. This book examines the character of the pastor as...
To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach
The Essential Guide to Ministry in Today's Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2016
Popular author, catechist, and creator of The Religion Teacher website Jared Dees learned a valuable lesson from his students: teaching is not the same as evangelization. He found instead—as in Jesus’ own ministry—if you focus first on healing the wounded, then proclaiming the Word of God, and...
by Loren Townsend
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Grounded in empirical research and richly illustrated with case studies, this introduction continues the theoretical, practical, and theological expansion of Pastoral Care and Counseling. Because of increasing cultural diversity and the fact that more training is done outside of seminaries in non-seminary...
Basic Types of Pastoral Care & Counseling
Resources for the Ministry of Healing & Growth, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
em>Basic Types of Pastoral Care and Counseling remains the standard in pastoral and counseling. This third edition is enlarged and revised with updated resources, methods, exercises, and illustrations from actual counseling sessions. This book will help readers be sensitive to cultural diversity,...
Youth Pastor
The Theology and Practice of Youth Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
A youth pastor—whether paid or unpaid, full-time or part-time, right out of college or right out of retirement—has a big job to do. Actually, anyone who accepts God's call to help young people grow as disciples of Christ has several big jobs to do. The youth minister must be a teacher who can...
Navigating Pastoral Transitions
A Priest's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Being sent as pastor to a new parish can be one of the most challenging parts of ordained ministry. Whether it is your first pastorate or your third, the move can be stressful. And you-the new pastor-have perhaps the most influence in creating a smooth transition process.
Navigating Pastoral...
Survive or Thrive
6 Relationships Every Pastor Needs
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Introducing the PastorServe Series from David C Cook, a line of resources developed to stem the tide of pastoral burnout and crisis.
In Survive or Thrive Jimmy Dodd reveals that the majority of pastors are not known—by anyone. They purposely isolate themselves from both staff and congregations...
by John R. Bisagno
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Powerful. Practical. Pastoral. Pastor’s Handbook is the major expansion and revision of beloved preacher John R. Bisagno’s previously heralded work, Letters to Timothy. Based on his sixty years in ministry, it now includes 160 brief yet powerful chapters of practical insight for handling real...
by Neville A. Kirkwood
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
An essential handbook for bedside ministry, and for providing meaningful and enriching comfort to the sick and dying.
Bringing comfort and concern to the seriously ill or injured is a challenge for lay people and clergy alike. In this practical guide, Neville Kirkwood shares wisdom gained from...
Pastor Paul (Theological Explorations for the Church Catholic)
Nurturing a Culture of Christoformity in the Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019
Being a pastor is a complicated calling. Pastors are often pulled in multiple directions and must "become all things to all people" (1 Cor. 9:22). What does the New Testament say (or not say) about the pastoral calling? And what can we learn about it from the apostle Paul?
According...