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Loading... The Relational Pastor: Sharing in Christ by Sharing Ourselvesby Andrew Root
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I wrote a rather lengthy review on my blog. Here I will just say that I've added this to my essential bibliography for pastoral ministry. Root really focuses in on the importance of personhood, relationships and the hypostatic union (are you intrigued yet?). Read my whole review at: http://thoughtsprayersandsongs.com/2013/04/26/pastors-in-relationship-a-★★â˜... ( ) no reviews | add a review
One of the Academy of Parish Clergy's "Top 10 Books of 2013 for Parish Ministry"When is the last time you asked yourself hard questions about why you were pursuing certain relationships in your ministry? Could it be that the end game for many of us is not relationship per se but loyalty, adherence, even submission? The sheep in our flock become the means to our end: pastoring becomes less about the people of God and more about maintenance of the status quo--and, if we are willing to recognize it, the elevation of our pastoral status.Here practical theologian Andy Root dissects relational ministry as we have come to understand it and searches for the seed of a more wholesome, more pastoral understanding of the relationships for which God has prepared the church: the place where, when two or more are gathered in his name, Christ is present. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)253Religions Christian pastoral theology, homiletics and religious orders Pastoral Ministry; Pastoral TheologyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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