Preparing for Christian Ministry : An

Designed to help seminary {and college} students reflect on the nature and task of ministry as we enter the 21st century. Focuses on education for ministry.

David P. Gushee is Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union University, Jackson, Tennessee. Walter C. Jackson is the former Charlotte Hoover Professor of Ministry at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

PREFACE

9

(8)

David P. Gushee

Walter C. Jackson, editors

SECTION I Transitions into Community

17

(48)

1 The Nature of Christian Community and the Theological Seminary

17

(16)

Mark A. Seifrid

2 Facing Doubt and Crisis with Integrity in a Seminary Setting

33

(14)

Melanie Greer Nogalski

James D. Nogalski

3 The Seminary Experience: Tips and Traps

47

(18)

Marsha A. Ellis Smith

SECTION II Personal Formation and Calling for Ministry

65

(104)

4 Toward a Biblical View of Call

65

(16)

John Polhill

5 Spirituality and Spiritual Growth

81

(14)

David S. Dockery

David P. Gushee

6 Identifying and Cultivating Spiritual Giftedness

95

(12)

Gerald L. Borchert

7 Human Personhood and the Minister

107

(18)

Leigh E. Conver

8 The Church and Its Ministry

125

(14)

Timothy P. Weber

9 Vocational Options in Ministry

139

(14)

Doris A. Borchert

10 Clergy Sexual Misconduct: A Crisis in Ministerial Ethics

153

(16)

David P. Gushee

SECTION III Professional Formation and Tasks of Ministry

169

(126)

11 Church Ministry Leadership

169

(22)

Walter C. Jackson

12 Workship Leadership

191

(14)

Craig A. Loscalzo

Lloyd L. Mims III

13 The Ministry of Shepherding

205

(14)

David Stancil

14 Teaching: A Little Piece of Holy Ground

219

(12)

John D. Hendrix

15 Social Ministry in the Community

231

(14)

John Dever

Janet Furness Spressart

16 Evangelism through Church Planting

245

(16)

Thom S. Rainer

17 Church Staff Relations

261

(14)

Dennis E. Williams

18 Authority in Ministry

275

(20)

Walter C. Jackson

SECTION IV Global Formation and Contemporary Issues in Ministry

295

19 Christian Ministry in Global Context

295

(12)

David F. D'Amico

20 Christian Ministry in Local Contexts

307

(12)

Robert Don Hughes

21 Christian Ministry in the African American Church: A Challenge for Seminarians and Seminaries

319

(12)

T. Vaughn Walker

Robert Smith, Jr.

22 Moral Issues Facing the Contemporary Church

331

David P. Gushee

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Preparing for Christian Ministry : An Evangelical Approach

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