Authentic Ministry: Serving from the Heart
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Overview
Where does authentic ministry lie? The answer of this book is: in the heart. Authentic ministry is not simply a matter of mastering professional skills or of endlessly pouring oneself out in works of service. Rather, it springs from joyful union with Christ.
Authentic Ministry offers practical guidance and spiritual nourishment for all who serve the church. Each of the nine chapters orients readers to the “one thing [that] is necessary” (cf. Luke 10:42)―abiding in Christ―while asking and answering questions both simple and profound: What is prayer? How should I respond to suffering? Who is my friend? What is theology? What does it mean to love?
This short volume originated as a series of talks delivered to various assemblies of students, pastors-in-training, and church leaders in the UK and beyond.
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- Argues that authentic service springs not from professional skill, but from a heart that abides in Christ
- Provides clarity and encouragement for ministers, helping them serve with integrity, resilience, and grace
- Offers pastoral guidance on key aspects of Christian ministry such a prayer, suffering, friendship, theology, love
- Delight in God
- Boast Only in the Cross
- Pray Boldly
- Relish Humility
- Esteem Friendship
- Grow through Suffering
- Love the Church
- Be a Theologian, But Take Care
- Run the Race
- Title: Authentic Ministry: Serving from the Heart
- Author: Michael Reeves
- Publisher: Union Publishing
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 124
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subject: Pastoral theolog
- ISBNs: 9781916899506, 1916899501, 1646894383, 9781646894383
- Resource ID: LLS:THNTCMNSTRYSHRT
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-09-18T23:03:54Z
Michael Reeves (PhD, King’s College, London) is President and Professor of Theology at Union School of Theology in the UK. He is the author of Delighting in the Trinity and Authentic Ministry.
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