How to Keep the Pastor You Love
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How to Keep the Pastor You Love

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eBook - ePub

How to Keep the Pastor You Love

About this book

  • Who cares for your pastor in times of special need?
  • What can you do to help your pastor's family on a regular basis?
  • Are there steps you can take to ensure your pastor is personally and spiritually nurtured?

While Paul urges the church to "overwhelm them with appreciation and love" (1 Thessalonians 5:13), research and anecdotal evidence shows that most pastors experience little support when they need it the most. The result? One long-time pastor reports that he thinks about quitting the ministry as often as twice a week, and an estimated twenty-five percent of all ministers relocate every year. In How to Keep the Pastor You Love Jane Rubietta explores the "flip side" of pastoral care--caring for your pastor. She breaks down the largely unexamined myth of the superhuman pastor. And she provides everything you need to know to build healthy, caring, mutually sustaining relationships among your church and its leaders. Ministers and their families can profitably read the book along with lay leaders to become more aware of where they need the help and encouragement of their congregations. Questions at the end of each chapter guide pastoral families in reflecting on their own experiences--both positive and negative--of life in the church.

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Yes, you can access How to Keep the Pastor You Love by Jane A. Rubietta,Jane Rubietta in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theologie & Religion & Religion. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
IVP
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780830823192

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 A New Definition for “Pastoral Care”
  9. 2 The Welcome Mat
  10. 3 Communication in the Church
  11. 4 Beyond the Sunday Sermon
  12. 5 Stress & Burnout
  13. 6 Single Clergy
  14. 7 The Paragon of the Pews
  15. 8 Creating a Place for the Children
  16. 9 Ministry & Church Accountability
  17. 10 Hearth & Home
  18. 11 When the Ends Don’t Meet
  19. 12 Building Better Clergy Compensation
  20. 13 Crisis Care
  21. 14 Great Goodbyes
  22. Appendix A
  23. Appendix B
  24. Appendix C
  25. Appendix D
  26. Appendix E
  27. Appendix F
  28. Appendix G
  29. Appendix H
  30. Notes
  31. Works Cited
  32. Contact Information
  33. About the Author
  34. Praise for How to Keep the Pastor You Love
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