Tag: <span>05 pastoral care & pastoral theology</span>

Why should theological study be a primary occupation for the Christian minister? (Webster, 2014)

In the gospel we find God’s loving instruction of guilty and sad creatures, whose treason against their creator is such that they have lost their way, and no longer know who or where they are or how to reach out to happiness. To these creatures – to us – the gospel holds out illumination and healing.

Ministry As More Than A Helping Profession [with Will Willimon]. (Hauerwas, 1989)

“Parish clergy and seminarians today seem content to have ministry numbered among the “helping professions. ” After all, most professing Christians, from the liberals to the fundamentalists, remain practical atheists. They think the church is sustained by the services it provides or the amount of fellowship and good feeling in the congregation. This form of sentimentality has become the most detrimental corruption of the church and the ministry”.