Author : G. Lloyd Rediger
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 16,18 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664257538
Clergy Killers offers remedial strategies for pastors and congregations who want to protect themselves against the abuse of parishioners with personality disorders, mental illnesses, and mean streaks in situations that go well beyond mere church conflict.
Author : Gene Fowler
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,2 MB
Release : 2020-03-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532661452
Imagine receiving a shocking email from a church member stating that you, the pastor, have mishandled church funds and that you should resign for the good of the congregation. Soon you discover that the church member sent the email to many other church members. Additional lies will follow until the fateful day comes when the members vote to fire you, or the bishop dismisses you, or you resign for sheer survival. You are experiencing church abuse of clergy, which is the topic of this book. Clergy will gain an entirely new understanding of church abuse of clergy that afflicts many pastors and their loved ones by reading this book. The view of church abuse of clergy being presented is a new paradigm that challenges older explanations of the church abuse. This book shows that clergy must begin collaborating in order to discover effective solutions to the church abuse of clergy problem. Clergy must become empowered to confront the church at all levels and support one another in the face of church abuse of clergy. A very toxic ministry situation exists throughout the United States and internationally, which must be challenged!
Author : Guy Greenfield
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 20,41 MB
Release : 2001-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0801063698
A deft mix of personal experience and in-depth research, this resource will help wounded men and women of all ministerial positions learn how to recover from antagonism from church members.
Author : Gene Fowler
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,35 MB
Release : 2020-03-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532661436
Imagine receiving a shocking email from a church member stating that you, the pastor, have mishandled church funds and that you should resign for the good of the congregation. Soon you discover that the church member sent the email to many other church members. Additional lies will follow until the fateful day comes when the members vote to fire you, or the bishop dismisses you, or you resign for sheer survival. You are experiencing church abuse of clergy, which is the topic of this book. Clergy will gain an entirely new understanding of church abuse of clergy that afflicts many pastors and their loved ones by reading this book. The view of church abuse of clergy being presented is a new paradigm that challenges older explanations of the church abuse. This book shows that clergy must begin collaborating in order to discover effective solutions to the church abuse of clergy problem. Clergy must become empowered to confront the church at all levels and support one another in the face of church abuse of clergy. A very toxic ministry situation exists throughout the United States and internationally, which must be challenged!
Author : Calvin Miller
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,81 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Pastoral care
ISBN : 0805440984
In this hilariously humbling fable about modern church culture, a master storyteller pokes fun at the RprofessionalizationS of doing the Lord's work.
Author : Kenneth C. Haugk
Publisher :
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 12,28 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Church controversies
ISBN : 9780963409324
Author : Dennis R. Maynard
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 34,28 MB
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451513912
Do you love your parish? Are you fond of your pastor? Would you believe that in just a matter of a few weeks your pastor and his family could be abused, humiliated, and unemployed? In just a matter of days your parish could be split down the middle. A couple of months from now close to forty percent of the people you currently see at worship could no longer be there. Close to half of those will never again attend worship or participate in any church. Friends that you see talking and laughing this Sunday may never speak again. If you want to do whatever you can to keep that scenario from happening to your pastor and your parish, then this book is for you. It is the product of nearly a decade of work with parishes that are undergoing or have recently undergone the very scenario described above. The substance of this book is based on twenty-five case studies of clergy exercising faithful ministries with positive results that were attacked by a small group of antagonists in their congregations. The antagonists successfully "removed their senior pastor." This book describes how it happened, what could have been to stop it, and what can be done to prevent it from happening to your pastor and parish. The Reverend Doctor Dennis R. Maynard is the author of ten books. He has served as a consultant to over one hundred parish and school boards in the United States and Canada.
Author : Ezreaonne Jackson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,20 MB
Release : 2010-03-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0557300681
In Ministry there is no such thing as leaving your work at the office. Not only are you responsible for your own life, the lives or your family, but the lives of those that God has entrusted to your care in the earth realm. We are constantly in a fight against the enemies of God, and just in case you haven’t noticed, Satan does not fight fair. It is important to recognize and understand the Perils of Ministry, which is the reason this book was written. It was not written to discourage but to inform. It was written from experience.
Author : Arthur Paul Boers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 45,31 MB
Release : 1999-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1566995884
No church is immune to the problems that can arise when parishioners behave in difficult ways. Responding to such situations with self-awareness and in a manner true to one’s faith tradition makes the difference between peace and disaster. In this must-read book, Boers shows how a better understanding of difficult behavior can help congregational leaders avoid the trap of labeling such parishioners and exercise self-care when the going gets rough.
Author : James F. Keenan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 20,13 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781580510646
Calling for accountability, Practice What You Preach discusses ethical questions that arise in congregations and pastoral leadership. Formation of pastors, empowering leaders, resolving power struggles between clergy and laity-these and other critical pastoral issues are addressed by an ecumenical group of contributors. Divided into four parts: the way the churches train their pastors; the way their pastors live; the way communities worship; and the way communities behave, this collection identifies and offers positive solutions to areas where churches are often slow to change. Each essay begins with a case describing a typical problem-from wages to in-fighting-and then discusses what virtues or character traits might be developed to resolve the problem effectively.
