Surviving Your First Year as Pastor: What Seminary Couldn't Teach You [Paperback]

Angie Best-Boss (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 93 pages
• Publisher: Judson Press (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0817013008
• ISBN-13: 978-0817013004
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,700,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Useful Resource, January 4, 2004

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Andrew Shults (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surviving Your First Year as Pastor: What Seminary Couldn't Teach You (Paperback)

Angie Best-Boss has written a useful resource for seminarians looking ahead to their first ministry. As you might expect from the title, the focus is entirely practical. Don't expect any deep theological reflections.

Collected here, you will find the prevailing wisdom about virtually every aspect of ministry. While no subject is covered in any great depth, the breadth of the material in this short book is impressive.

Topics include: setting intial priorities, organizing your office, visiting, preaching, counseling, rites of passage, balancing your own family life, maintaining your spiritual life, church conflict, and getting support from colleagues.

Don't expect any "Aha!" moments. I've read or heard elsewhere just about everything found in Surviving Your First Year as Pastor. However, collecting all that advice in one place serves as a useful set of reminders.

While I doubt that this will be of enduring value throughout a ministry career, I am glad that I purchased the book. It has helped point out a few blind spots and reminded me about what is really important.

5.0 out of 5 stars Yoo need this, January 30, 2011

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This review is from: Surviving Your First Year as Pastor: What Seminary Couldn't Teach You (Paperback)

New pastors, THIS IS A MUST!!!!! YOU NEED IT!!! This book will also prepare you for what seminary can't. Don't pass this book up.You may think you're on the ball, read this and you'll br ready to handle all the balls thrown at you.