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Zuck, managing editor.","author":"Lawrence, W.; Swindoll, Charles R.; Zuck, Roy B.","isbn":"0849913535","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Word Pub.,"},"datePublished":"1999","inLanguage":"English","description":"The pastor's person -- The pastor's purpose -- The pastor's practice. \r\n \tAbstract\tAs a pastor or pastoral staff member you have one of the most demanding jobs in the world. This book will encourage you to delight increasingly in the Lord, who has made pastoring the desire of your heart.\n\nPublished in: Nashville, Tenn.\n\nPhysical description: xii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"How to be a minister and a human being \/ by Harold C. Warlick, Jr.","author":"Warlick, H. 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Warlick, Jr.","author":"Warlick, Harold C.","isbn":"0817009612","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Judson Press"},"datePublished":"1982","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references.\n\nPublished in: Valley Forge\n\nPhysical description: 126 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"It's a different world! : the challenge for today's pastor \/ Lyle E. Schaller.","author":"Schaller, Lyle E.","isbn":"0687197295","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":null,"inLanguage":"English","description":"1. It is harder today! -- The mobile member -- Other changes -- 2. The sunny side of the street -- May 15, 1984 -- Where there is hope -- We are living longer -- The air is cleaner -- Mainstreaming can work! -- Elderly no longer means poor -- That remarkable job machine! -- Why is good news neglected? -- 3. From mainline to nondenominational -- The eighteenth century scene -- The circuit rider and the farmer preacher -- Broadening the base -- What are the implications? -- Where are the men? -- Influences in the political arena -- Where are my children? -- The southern California subculture -- Why the decline? -- Searchers, pilgrims, and converts -- The decreasing proportion of Anglos -- Who is organizing new congregations? -- The growing number of \"Nones\" -- Growing old together -- The catholic to protestant migration -- The reemergence of the independent entrepreneur -- Stresses and choices -- 4. What is the liberal position? -- Public schools or non public schools? -- What are the alternatives? -- What is the issue? -- The church growth dimension -- Who attends? -- Which side appeals to you? -- From obligations to adversaries -- The churches follow the trend -- What follows success? -- The emergence of adversarial relationships -- Consequences and questions -- The big issue. \r\n5. The new majority -- The significance of 1944 -- A decade of radical change -- Who went to work? -- What else changed? -- A return to the good old days -- Where's my husband? -- Separating marriage and motherhood -- Motherhood vs. feminism -- The changing roles of women -- The feminization of the churches -- What happened to the next baby boom? -- What do you count? -- Who will care for the kids? -- Questions to be asked -- Questions on subsidies -- What about men? -- 6. The twenty nine year old grandmother -- What are the implications? -- What has not worked? -- What might work? -- 7. From vocation to profession? -- The emergence of the paraprofessional -- A new approach to staffing the churches -- What does it mean? -- 8. From doorbell to mailbox -- What happened? -- Three other factors -- What are the implications? -- Four cautions -- 9. A world filled with choices -- Where do you belong? -- The complexity of the weekly schedule -- \"That sermon didn't speak to me\" -- From missions to study and choices -- What happened to our singles group? -- How do you organize the Sunday school? -- What happened to the unified budget? -- The cost of choices.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 239 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Leading the congregation : caring for yourself while serving others \/ Norman Shawchuck and Roger Heuser.","author":"Shawchuck, N.; Heuser, R.","isbn":"0687133386","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1993","inLanguage":"English","description":"Why is it so tough to be a church leader? -- The interior attitudes of the leader -- The leader's spirituality -- The leader's call -- The leader's vision and ensuing mission -- Managing your own effectiveness -- The dark side of leadership -- The changing roles of today's pastor -- The congregation's spirituality -- The leader as guardian of the corporate vision -- Understanding the congregation's life cycle -- The leader's role in congregational renewal -- The leadership team of the congregation -- Don't forget to fly the plane -- Paradigms for church leadership -- Church leadership in a multi-cultural context: an emerging paradigm -- Women in church leadership: an emerging paradigm -- Leading for the leasts: a woman's story -- On finishing well. \r\n \tAbstract\tVanguard University professor, Roger Heuser, is joint author.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Pastor as person \/ Gary L. Harbaugh.","author":"Harbaugh, Gary L.","isbn":"080662115X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Augsburg Pub. House"},"datePublished":"1984","inLanguage":"English","description":"The pastor as person : a (w)holistic model -- The pastor as a physical person -- The pastor as a thinking person -- The pastor as a feeling person -- The pastor as a relating person -- The pastor as a choosing person. \r\n \tAbstract\tExplores the inner lives of working pastors and identifies the problems most often encountered by clergy members, providing tips and advice on how to resolve them.\n\nPublished in: Minneapolis\n\nPhysical description: 172 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Pastor, preacher, person : developing a pastoral ministry in depth \/ David K. Switzer.","author":"Switzer, David K.","isbn":"0687301378","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":null,"inLanguage":"English","description":"The minister: person, pastor, professional -- The context: church as the family of God -- The word in proclamation: meeting person's needs through preaching -- The word in proclamation: the ingredients of helpful preaching -- The word in scripture and relationship: the use of the Bible in pastoral care.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 144 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Pastoral theology : essentials of ministry \/ Thomas C. Oden.","author":"Oden, Thomas C.","isbn":"0060663537","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Harper & Row"},"datePublished":"1982","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-354).\r\nIncludes indexes.\n\nPublished in: San Francisco\n\nPhysical description: xii, 372 pages ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Person and profession; career development in the ministry.","author":"Stewart, Charles W.","isbn":"0687307791","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":null,"inLanguage":"English","description":"1. Ministry in crisis -- 2. Ministry as a career -- 3. Pastoral care of pastors -- 4. Career conflicts in ministry -- 5. Marriage and the single life -- 6. Continuing education for ministry -- 7. 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