Help! I'm A Pastor

by Armstrong, Richard Stoll

• ISBN13: 9780664228958
• ISBN10: 066422895X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-22
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

Richard Armstrong and Kirk Morledge present this practical guide for pastoral ministry, offering counsel about a wide range of topics related to a pastor's professional ministry and personal life. Topics include beginning a new ministry, balancing one's personal life and ministry, wrestling with conflict, worrying about church finances, and preaching. This introduction to ministry can function as a textbook as well as an invaluable handbook or desk reference for pastors in the midst of congregational ministry.

Author Biography

Richard Stoll Armstrong is the Ralph B. and Helen S. Ashenfelter Professor of Ministry and Evangelism Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	xiii
Wondering What This Book Can Do for Me	1	(7)
Shepherding a Flock	8	(5)
Struggling to Survive	13	(8)
Rethinking My Approach to Ministry	21	(13)
Beginning a New Ministry	34	(8)
Trying to Balance My Personal Life and Ministry	42	(17)
Worrying about My Finances	59	(8)
Trying to Be Spiritually Disciplined	67	(11)
Pondering My Relationships	78	(12)
Needing to Stay Fit	90	(10)
Reflecting on Work and Other Involvements	100	(12)
Following and Preceding Other Pastors	112	(5)
Wanting to Do What Is Right	117	(11)
Working with a Staff	128	(16)
Trying to ``Run'' a Church	144	(9)
Working with Committees	153	(10)
Welcoming New Members	163	(3)
Worrying about the Church's Finances	166	(12)
Wrestling with Conflict	178	(7)
Fulfilling Other Roles	185	(10)
A Concluding Word	195	(2)
Appendix A: Parish Nursing	197	(3)
Appendix B: Three Rules for Telephone Callers	200	(2)
Index	202