Rural Congregational Studies - A Guide for Good Shepherds

Klappentext Nearly all pastors sent to rural congregations were nurtured in largerurban congregations, and nearly always educated in urbanized seminaries. A wideculture gap between leaders and members often emerges among the church leaders inrural congregations. This book is designed to address and study the issues thatarise when ordained and lay pastors are called or appointed to rural congregations. This handbook will orient seminary students and pastors who aredoing ministry in rural congregations. It focuses on the nature of congregationallife in such a setting, showing ways to deal with the issues andchallenges specific to rural culture. The authors tell how to best engagein evangelism and mission in the particular locations in which these congregationsfind themselves. Rural Congregational Studies: A Guidefor Good Shepherds outlines features of different rural settings thataffect life and church life. Each chapter contains a section of "resources"(sidebars, ideas, programs, and so forth) that tie it to the chaptertheme.

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• Autori: L. Shannon Jung, L. Shannon/ Agria Jung, Shannon Jung
• Editore: Abingdon Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.1997
• EAN: 9780687031399
• ISBN: 978-0-687-03139-9
• Pagine: 156
• Dimensioni: 222 mm x 286 mm x 13 mm
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Teologia pratica