{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Preparing for Christian ministry : an evangelical approach \/ edited by David P. Gushee, Walter C. Jackson.","author":"Gushee, David P.; Jackson, Walter C.","isbn":"1564766063","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Victor Books"},"datePublished":"1996","inLanguage":"English","description":"Preface \/ David P. Gushee and Walter C. Jackson -- Section I. Transitions into community -- The nature of Christian community and the theological seminary \/ Mark A. Seifrid -- Facing doubt and crisis with integrity in a seminary setting \/ Melanie Greer Nogalski and James D. Nogalski -- The seminary experience : tips and traps \/ Marsha A. Ellis Smith -- Section II. Personal formation and calling for ministry -- Toward a biblical view of call \/ John Polhill -- Spirituality and spiritual growth \/ David S. Dockery and David P. Gushee -- Identifying and cultivating spiritual giftedness \/ Gerald L. Borchert -- Human personhood and the minister \/ Leigh E. Conver -- The church and its ministry \/ Timothy P. Weber -- Vocational options in ministry \/ Doris A. Borchert -- Clergy sexual misconduct : a crisis in ministerial ethics \/ David P. Gushee -- Section III. Professional formation and tasks of ministry -- Church ministry leadership \/ Walter C. Jackson -- Worship leadership \/ Craig A. Loscalzo and Lloyd L. Mims III -- The ministry of sheperding \/ David Stancil -- Teaching : a little piece of holy ground \/ John D. Hendrix -- Social ministry in the community \/ John Dever and Janet Furness Spressart -- Evangelism through church planting \/ Thom S. Rainer -- Church staff relations \/ Dennis E. Williams -- Authority in ministry \/ Walter C. Jackson -- Section IV. Global formation and contemporary issues in ministry -- Christian ministry in global context \/ David F. D'Amico -- Christian ministry in local contexts \/ Robert Don Hughes -- Christian ministry in the African American church : a challenge for seminarians and seminaries \/ T. Vaugn Walker and Robert Smith, Jr. -- Moral issues facing the contemporary church \/ David P. Gushee.\n\nPublished in: Wheaton, Ill\n\nPhysical description: 350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/InStock"}}