Help for the New Pastor: Practical Advice for Your First Year of Ministry

By Charles Malcolm Wingard

Book Overview

You sit down at your first church leadership meeting . . . and you're the moderator. Your church expects you to manage its budget. You need to prepare a sermon (or two) to preach every week. A couple wants you to help them repair their shattered marriage. You're facing one new circumstance after another--with inadequate preparation and no time to adjust. Have you misunderstood the Lord's calling? Realistic preparation for ministry can go a long way toward allaying the doubt and fear that arise during a pastor's make-or-break first year. Now a trainer of new pastors, Charles Wingard has more than three decades of his own pastoral experience. Here he gives essential, real-world help for navigating the primary duties of the minister: from sermon preparation and sacraments to visitation, counseling, and hospitality. You may receive a theological education, yet still leave seminary unequipped for the daily work that faces you in your first church. This book provides the tools you need to lead with confidence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629954675
• ISBN13: 9781629954677
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: P & R Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"