Caring Pastors, Caring People: Equipping Your Church for Pastoral Care

by McMickle, Marvin A.; Stinnett, J. Dwight

• ISBN13: 9780817017002
• ISBN10: 0817017003
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-15
• Publisher: Judson Pr

Summary

With so many broken and hurting people in our congregations and in our communities, how is a church pastor supposed to address so many needs? This second volume in Judson Press¿s new ¿Living Church¿ series explores the nature of pastoral care and invites laity and clergy alike to become partners in this essentially human ministry. Beginning with the traditional core of pastoral care as a critical function of the church pastor, author, professor, and veteran pastor Marvin McMickle expands that core into a second circle of care¿as the pastor equips and empowers church members to partner in caring for one another. Finally, McMickle throws open the doors of the church and challenges pastor, lay leaders, and church members alike to extend their ministries of pastoral care to the local community, through ministries of advocacy, justice, healthcare, education, and service. A richly reflective and utterly practical resource, this volume deepens the church¿s understanding of pastoral care¿and expands that compassionate and priestly ministry in the church and in the world.

Author Biography

Marvin A. McMickle, DMin, PhD, served as pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio for nearly twenty-five years. In 2010 he was named president of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, New York. A prolific author, this is Dr. McMickle's tenth Judson Press book.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	p. vi
Three Circles of Care-A Model for Ministry
Learning to Shepherd the Flock of God	p. 2
To Serve This Present Age	p. 15
What Should the Church Be Equipped to Do?	p. 26
Pastoral Care Sits Just Outside Our Doors	p. 36
The First Circle-The Pastor as Shepherd
Pastoral Care Begins with a Caring Pastor	p. 46
Pastoral Care in All Pastoral Ministry	p. 57
The Second Circle-The Congregation That Cares
A Congregation That Cares for One Another	p. 80
The Second Circle of Care in Scripture	p. 90
Practical Examples of Second-Circle Ministry	p. 107
The Third Circle-The Congregation in Community
Developing a Third Circle of Pastoral Care	p. 132
A Caring Church Is a Living Church	p. 144
Two Churches in One Building	p. 159
Conclusion: Pastoral and Congregational Imagination	p. 179
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