Stephen McCutchan Volgorde van de boeken

THE POWER OF EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY CLERGY Clergy, as well as other leadership positions in a church, experience emotional stress in many forms. Emotional stress can come from Nerve endings that are rubbed raw take longer to heal than tired muscles and physical exhaustion. Clergy Emotional Health offers strategies and actions that not only clergy , but also other church leaders, congregations , and judicatories can take to support healthy leadership. Whether lay or clergy, you can grow to trust that as you act, God will guide you in your decisions. Many of the strategies suggested can be fun and invigorating. This book challenges you to test the thesis that Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations . The church and its leadership are imperfect members of the human community. Learning how to make healthy responses to the imperfections of ourselves and the world provides a witness of Good News to the world

This book is a resource for clergy, congregations, and regional committees responsible for the care of clergy. * Clergy can evaluate their own health and take specific steps to maintain or improve their health.* Congregations can develop a strategy to nurture the health of their staff.* Regional bodies can engage congregations and clergy in conversations and actions that promote healthier clergy and congregations.God's call to ministry is both satisfying and challenging. This book offers practical ways to engage in ministry in a healthy manner. If you are clergy, have a friend who is clergy, or want your congregation to be healthy, read, act on the suggestions, and share it with others who care about the church and want to be inspired by the very best. Test the thesis that Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations. Future volumes in the series will focus on emotional, family, financial, vocational, and spiritual health. Care enough to send the very best leaders in response to God's call.