Preparing for Christian Ministry : An Evangelical Approach

by Gushee, David P., and Walter C. Jackson, eds.

• ISBN13: 9780801090349
• ISBN10: 0801090342
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-01
• Publisher: Baker Books

Summary

Designed to help seminary {and college} students reflect on the nature and task of ministry as we enter the 21st century. Focuses on education for ministry.

Author Biography

David P. Gushee is Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union University, Jackson, Tennessee. Walter C. Jackson is the former Charlotte Hoover Professor of Ministry at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	9	(8)
David P. Gushee
Walter C. Jackson, editors
SECTION I Transitions into Community	17	(48)
1 The Nature of Christian Community and the Theological Seminary	17	(16)
Mark A. Seifrid
2 Facing Doubt and Crisis with Integrity in a Seminary Setting	33	(14)
Melanie Greer Nogalski
James D. Nogalski
3 The Seminary Experience: Tips and Traps	47	(18)
Marsha A. Ellis Smith
SECTION II Personal Formation and Calling for Ministry	65	(104)
4 Toward a Biblical View of Call	65	(16)
John Polhill
5 Spirituality and Spiritual Growth	81	(14)
David S. Dockery
David P. Gushee
6 Identifying and Cultivating Spiritual Giftedness	95	(12)
Gerald L. Borchert
7 Human Personhood and the Minister	107	(18)
Leigh E. Conver
8 The Church and Its Ministry	125	(14)
Timothy P. Weber
9 Vocational Options in Ministry	139	(14)
Doris A. Borchert
10 Clergy Sexual Misconduct: A Crisis in Ministerial Ethics	153	(16)
David P. Gushee
SECTION III Professional Formation and Tasks of Ministry	169	(126)
11 Church Ministry Leadership	169	(22)
Walter C. Jackson
12 Workship Leadership	191	(14)
Craig A. Loscalzo
Lloyd L. Mims III
13 The Ministry of Shepherding	205	(14)
David Stancil
14 Teaching: A Little Piece of Holy Ground	219	(12)
John D. Hendrix
15 Social Ministry in the Community	231	(14)
John Dever
Janet Furness Spressart
16 Evangelism through Church Planting	245	(16)
Thom S. Rainer
17 Church Staff Relations	261	(14)
Dennis E. Williams
18 Authority in Ministry	275	(20)
Walter C. Jackson
SECTION IV Global Formation and Contemporary Issues in Ministry	295
19 Christian Ministry in Global Context	295	(12)
David F. D'Amico
20 Christian Ministry in Local Contexts	307	(12)
Robert Don Hughes
21 Christian Ministry in the African American Church: A Challenge for Seminarians and Seminaries	319	(12)
T. Vaughn Walker
Robert Smith, Jr.
22 Moral Issues Facing the Contemporary Church	331
David P. Gushee