Becoming a Pastor: Forming Self and Soul for Ministry

by Jaco J Hamman

Overview

Becoming a Pastor should be required reading for: All of us who nurture intergenerational communities and ministries, All who are following God's call into a vocation of ministry, whatever form it may take, Anyone in ministry at any time in ministry

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780829819960
Publisher:	Pilgrim Press, The/United Church Press
Publication date:	05/28/2014
Pages:	236
Sales rank:	473,635
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Allan Hugh Cole Jr. vii

Preface to the Second Edition x

In Gratitude xvii

Introduction: Created to Seek Transformation 1

1 Being a Boomer, an Xer, or a Millennial: Today s Pastoral Leaders 13

2 The Capacity to Believe 47

3 The Capacity to Imagine 72

4 The Capacity for Concern 91

5 The Capacity to Be Alone 114

6 The Capacity to Use Others and to Be Used 145

7 The Capacity to Play 174

Conclusion: Ever Becoming 197

Appendix A Becoming a Pastor: A Brief Summation 209

Appendix B Annotated Glossary of Terms Used 210

Appendix C Table Comparing Boomers, Xers, and Millennials 219

Endnotes 221