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| Resource: |
Book (821010) Flourishing in Ministry: How to Cultivate Clergy Wellbeing
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| Author: |
Bloom, Matt |
| Publisher: |
Rowman & Littlefield, 2019 |
| Vendor: |
Amazon |
| Length: |
128 Pages |
| Heading: |
LEAD — Leadership
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| Subjects: |
Clergy Health; Clergy Training |
| Location: |
Leadership |
| # Copies: |
1 |
| ISBN/ISSN: |
9781538118962
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| Description: |
Pastoral work can be stressful, tough, demanding, sometimes misunderstood, and often underappreciated and underpaid. Ministers devote themselves to caring for their congregations, often at the expense of caring for themselves. Studies consistently show that physical health among clergy is significantly worse than among adults who are not in ministry. This book offers clergy and those who support them practical advice for not just surviving this grueling profession, but thriving in it. Matt Bloom, director of the Flourishing in Ministry project, shares groundbreaking research from more than a decade of study. Flourishing in Ministry project draws on more than five thousand surveys and three hundred in-depth interviews with clergy across denominations, ages, races, genders, and years of practice in ministry. It distills this deep research into easily understandable stages of flourishing that can be practiced at any stage in ministry or ministry formation. Chapters: Daily wellbeing; Resilience; Authenticity; Thriving – meaning, purpose, and connectedness; Pathways to ministry; Living a calling and becoming a pastor; Social support; The ‘stages’ of ministry; A way forward. Includes bibliography and index. |
| Age Groups: |
Young Adult; Adult (30-55); Adult (55+)
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