Planning Sabbaticals: A Guide for Congregations and their Pastors

by Robert C. Saler

Publisher:

Chalice Press

, 2019

Overview

Sabbaticals are becoming increasingly common practice in congregations, and while there are many books on helping pastors prepare for their time away, there are no texts that approach the experience with the congregation in mind, from start to finish. This guide for congregations and their pastors draws on nearly two decades of wisdom from the Lily Endowment Clergy Renewal Program and helps draw the conversation away from a pastor-centric model and towards a holistic congregational framework for thinking about how the entire community can benefit from a pastor’s sabbatical.

Product Details

• Title : Planning Sabbaticals: A Guide for Congregations and their Pastors
• Author: Saler, Robert C.
• Publisher: Chalice Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• ISBN: 9780827231801

About Robert C. Saler

Robert C. Saler is research fellow and director of the Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. He has published widely in Pro Ecclesia, Dialog, Christian Century, American Journal of Theology and Philosophy, and Currents in Theology and Mission. In addition, he has contributed to recent editions of The Christological Controversy and The Trinitarian Controversy from Fortress. This volume is a revision of a dissertation completed at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago under the supervision of Vítor Westhelle.