Pastoral Theology for Public Ministry

Download or read book Pastoral Theology for Public Ministry written by Stephen Burns and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be engaged in Christian ministry in a shifting spiritual and religious landscape? Stephen Burns invites readers to think anew about the distinctiveness of public practices of pastoral presence. Rather than narrowly defining pastoral care and pastoral theology (pastoral counseling, preaching, youth groups, visits to elders, etc.) and theological academic categories (history, pastoral theology, liturgy, ethics and contemporary sociology), he argues for a new imagination and practice of pastoral presence – a presence that is representative, public, integrated, and expansive. Study guide included.