The Lay Pastoral Worker's Hospital Handbook: Tending the Spiritual Needs of Patients

by Neville A. Kirkwood

Book Overview

As Christians, each of us-clergy and lay alike-has a unique call to ministry. In many denominations today, lay people are responding to this call by tending to the spiritual needs of those who are sick and dying. Here is a practical guide to the art of hospital visitation for trained lay workers, written by a hospital chaplain with nearly 20 years' experience. With Jesus as theological model for lay workers in their ministry, the author presents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819221902
• ISBN13: 9780819221902
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.0" x 6.0"