Pastoral theology in the Baptist tradition : Distinctives and directions for the contemporary church

"Offers a distinctive free church vision for pastoral ministry, attending to voices from the past four centuries as they speak about the practice of pastoral ministry"-- Full description

Main Author: Creech, R. Robert.
Published: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, 2021
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Becoming a pastor. Pastoral identity : the shepherd and the flock
  • The call to ministry : more than a job
  • Ordination : set apart to serve
  • Women in ministry : your daughters shall prophesy
  • Part 2. Proclamation : pastor as prophet. The preaching ministry : fire in my bones
  • Witness to the world : sent to proclaim
  • Part 3. Care : pastor as priest. Worship and the ordinances: directing attention to God
  • Pastoral care: tending the flock
  • Spiritual formation : teaching them to obey all that I have commanded
  • Part 4. Leadership : pastor as servant. Pastoral authority : serving something larger
  • The equipping leader : sharing ministry
  • Dreaming of the future : offering hope.

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