Mastering the Pastoral Role
Overview
The MASTERING MINISTRY series brings together some of the best minds on specific areas of pastoral ministry and presents their insights in a readable, personal way. Each book is coauthored by three church leaders recognized for their experience and expertise. The MASTERING MINISTRY series is copublished by Leadership, Christianity Today, Inc., and Multnomah Press.
Top Highlights
“I like the way Buechner concludes: ‘The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.’” (Page 28)
“Ministry is not an occupation but a vocation. It primarily demands not professional credentials but the ability to hear and heed the call of God. And that simply requires that we stay quiet enough and close enough to hear his voice and be held firm in our impossible task by his everlasting arms.” (Page 29)
“I understand the pastor’s temptation to give himself fully to administration and preaching. Sometimes it feels like there’s just too much to do. But we give up an essential ministry when we give up pastoral care. Pastoral care is not only one of the greatest needs of our fast-growing, impersonal society, it is also a unique privilege of the pastor.” (Page 18)
“That is what ministry has been like ever since: an impossible, unbearable job accompanied by an improbable, inexplicable strength.” (Page 26)
“I see a biblical leader as a responsive leader but not a reactive leader. There’s a big difference between the two. To be responsive means to be sensitive and attuned to people’s concerns and, at the same time to be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. To be reactive means to be controlled and compelled by people and situations.” (Page 53)
- Title: Mastering the Pastoral Role
- Authors: Paul A. Cedar, R. Kent Hughes, Ben Patterson
- Series: Mastering Ministry Series
- Publisher: Multnomah
- Print Publication Date: 1991
- Logos Release Date: 2001
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Pastoral theology › United States; Clergy › United States--Office; Handbooks
- Resource ID: LLS:34.0.49
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T07:39:30Z