Your Ministry's Next Chapter (Pastor's Soul Series) [Hardcover]

Gary Fenton (Author), David L. Goetz (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1999 | Series: Pastor's Soul Series (Book 8)

Your Ministry's Next Chapter is just like talking to a close friend, someone who is willing to share his life secrets with you, providing a candid look behind the cosmetics of the pastoral persona. If you are a pastor in or near mid-life, you'll find yourself in it. Read this book before you retire on the job."

Bob Buford, Founder of Leadership Network

Author of Half-time: Changing Your Game Plan from Success to Significance

Pastors are maturing. Deepening. They want substance for their congregations and nourishment for their own soul. THE PASTOR'S SOUL series unleashes pastors to do what really matters. To step beyond skills. To give of their unique gifts. To minister authentically and grow in the intangibles of ministry like integrity and character.

A GROUNDBREAKING SERIES ON

THE INNER LIFE OF PASTORS

In this changing culture, pastors need to know about the changes of ministry at mid-life and how they can maintain or rediscover their call to serve God with passion and focus.

Pastors are not immune to the struggles of mid-life careers. Over the years many pastors slowly lose the full-hearted passion and vision of their original call to serve God. The tendency is to slow down, retire on the job, or stop growing. Like a low-grade temperature, its symptoms are difficult to detect and seldom get reported, but its effects are destructive and tragic. Longtime pastor Gary Fenton writes candidly about the changes of ministry at mid-life and how pastors can finish strong in the second half. He shows pastors how to keep their ministries vibrant at any age and how to use their gifts to their full potential.

"Drawing from his pilgrimage, Gary Fenton provides penetrating insights into numerous challenges facing mid-career ministers. The result is an easy-to-read story filled with encouraging, practical lessons applicable for ministers of all ages."

Dr. Bobby S. Terry, Editor, Journal of the Alabama Baptist State Convention

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About the Author

Gary Fenton is Pastor of Dawson Memorial Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the coauthor of Mastering Church Finances, and has served churches in Oklahoma and Texas.

David L. Goetz is editor of LEADERSHIP Resources, a division of LEADERSHIP (a publication of Christianity Today, Inc.), the most respected journal in America for pastors and church leaders. size : 5.7 x 8.5

Product Details

• Hardcover: 156 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556619758
• ISBN-13: 978-1556619755
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,407,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, August 29, 2010

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This review is from: Your Ministry's Next Chapter (Pastor's Soul Series) (Hardcover)

This is a fantastic book for people who have been in ministry for some time and find themselves mid-life, tired confused and wanting to find a new way for the second half.