Pastoral Ministry: Calling and Resilience

by Mark Quanstrom

Publisher:

Seminary Now

, 2023

Overview

Pastoral ministry is a difficult, demanding, and overwhelming vocation. Attrition rates for pastors are at an all-time high, and the cultural and interpersonal strain is only increasing. At the same time, the moral failings and hypocrisy of high profile Christian leaders cause many pastors to question their callings. Can anything be done to alleviate the pressures of pastoral ministry?

This course explores what it might look like for pastors in the American church to replace the faulty models of CEOs and celebrities and return to the path of Jesus as the example for pastoral ministry. Join Dr. Mark Quanstrom as he draws on over 35 years of pastoral ministry, helping congregations to follow the pattern of Jesus.

Key Features

• Explores what it might look like for pastors to replace the faulty models.
• Shows how to return to the path of Jesus as the example for pastoral ministry.
• Helps congregations to follow the pattern of Jesus.

Contents

• Lesson 1: The Most Difficult Job in the World, Part I
• Lesson 2: The Most Difficult Job in the World, Part II
• Lesson 3: The Call
• Lesson 4: Called to Martyrdom
• Lesson 5: Called to Salvation
• Lesson 6: Called to the Church
• Lesson 7: Called to Shepherd
• Lesson 8: Called to Compassion
• Lesson 9: Called to Friendship
• Lesson 10: Called to Disciple

Product Details

• Title: Pastoral Ministry: Calling and Resilience (Video)
• Author: Mark Quanstrom
• Publisher: Seminary Now
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Video
• Subject: Pastoral ministry › Videos
• Resource ID: LLS:PSTRLMNSTRRSLNCVD
• Resource Type: Media
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-12-19T18:14:04Z

About Mark Quanstrom

Rev. Mark Quanstrom, Ph.D. is a professor and the Director for the Center of Theological Integrity at Northern Seminary.

Mark is the Lead Pastor of College Church of the Nazarene, University Avenue, and was the campus pastor from 2009 to 2014. Before College Church, he was the pastor at First Church of the Nazarene in Belleville, Illinois for 23 years. During that period, he taught online for Nazarene Bible College and European Nazarene College, and directed the Illinois District School of Ministry.

Mark was a professor of Theology at Olivet Nazarene University from 2005 to 2015 and Dean of the School of Theology from 2015 to 2021. He held the Cowles-Dykehouse Chair for Wesleyan-Arminian studies and ONU’s Center for Theological Leadership. He is the author of Century of Holiness Theology and From Grace to Grace: The Transforming Power of Holiness. Mark is married and has three sons and daughters-in-law and nine grandchildren.