So You Want to Do Ministry?

by Walsh, John J.; Digiacomo, James J.

• ISBN13: 9780883449141
• ISBN10: 0883449145
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-09-01
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Table of Contents

Diagnosis
The Present Religious Crisis: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times	p. 7
Where Are We Coming From? No Longer the Way We Were	p. 12
Where Are We Going? Implications for Future Church	p. 21
Prescription
How Do We Get There? A New Kind of Ministry	p. 31
Is That All There Is? The Primal Cry for More (Steps 1 and 2)	p. 37
Religion, Anyone? Reach Out and Touch Someone	p. 46
Help! Where's Grace? (Step 4)	p. 51
Bible, Anyone? Scripture as Matchmaker (Step 5)	p. 60
Heeeeeeeeere's Jesus! Caring Enough to Send the Very Best (Step 6)	p. 68
Where Is Jesus Now? Alive and Well and in Church (Steps 7-9)	p. 76
What Kind of Church? Forward to Basics (Steps 7-9 cont'd)	p. 82
What's He Doing? Sacraments as Love Encounters (Steps 7-9 cont'd)	p. 89
Who Are You? More Than You Ever Dreamed	p. 96
Appendix: The Role of the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults in the Parish	p. 103
Table One: Stages of Faith Maturity/Appropriation	p. 107
Table Two: Christian Discovery Stages	p. 109
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