02857cam a2200373 i 4500 8836 8836 1057306845 OCoLC 20241126110659.0 190122s2019 ilu b 001 0 eng 2019002862 9780830852345 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0830852344 (OCoLC)1057306845 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCF DTM DLC OCLCO BDX WTS OCLCO WIO pcc BV4011.3 .B865 2019 253 23 BUR 253 B91p Burgess, John P., 1954- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639284 author. 15537 A pastoral rule for today : reviving an ancient practice / John P. Burgess, Jerry Andrews, and Joseph D. Small. Downers Grove, Illinois : Secunderabad: IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, Good Shepherd books, [2019] 2019. 194 pages ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Why pastors need a rule -- The grace of theological friendships: Augustine -- The work of obedience: Benedict -- The holiness that stoops to serve: Gregory the Great -- All the ministers shall meet together: John Calvin -- Choosing your words carefully: John Wesley -- The pastor's study: John Henry Newman -- The gift of physical presence: Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- A contemporary pastoral rule -- Developing and practicing a pastoral rule. The pastoral office has always been a difficult calling. Today, the pastor is often asked to fulfill multiple roles: preacher, teacher, therapist, administrator, CEO. How can pastors thrive amid such demands? What is needed is a contemporary pastoral rule: a pattern for ministry that both encourages pastors and enables them to focus on what is most important in their pastoral task. This book, coauthored by three experts with decades of practical experience, explains how relying on a pastoral rule has benefited communities throughout the church's history and how such rules have functioned in the lives and work of figures such as Augustine, Calvin, Wesley, and Bonhoeffer. It also provides concrete advice on how pastors can develop and keep a rule that will help both them and their congregations to flourish. Pastoral theology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098604 414 Andrews, Jerry, 1953- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018156706 15538 Small, Joseph D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97048777 15539 Online version: Burgess, John P., 1954- author. Pastoral rule for today Downers Grove : InterVarsity Press, 2019 9780830873029 (DLC) 2019007434 ddc BK 1 0 0 ddc 0 0 GBC GBC MNMS 2021-11-15 0 253 BUR 015317 2025-05-01 00:00:00 c.1 2021-11-15 BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 GBC GBC MNMS 2022-12-16 1 253 BUR 015955 2025-05-01 00:00:00 2023-10-06 c.2 2022-12-16 BK