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Fall 1983: Pastoral Transitions

Volume 4
Fall

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In this Issue
FROM THE EDITOR
Terry C. Muck
Discipleship
The Pastor's Passages
Marshall Shelley and Dean Merrill
The Wilderness of the Candidate
The dangers of stones and pinnacles en route to a pastorate.
Ben Patterson
THE GHOST OF PASTORS PAST
Ed Gouedy
Leadership
Double-Digit Churches
The unique struggles and joys of pastoring a congregation of less than a hundred.
Marshall Shelley
Leadership
WHERE SIZE MAKES A DIFFERENCE
Marshall Shelley
When the Pastor Gets Fired
What was once unthinkable is becoming more frequent. Why? And how can it be forestalled?
Roy C. Price
After the Fiasco: Restoring Fallen Christians
Those who fail are not condemned for life. The trouble is, they often think so.
Dean Merrill
IDEAS THAT WORK
Missionary mail that ministers
Richard Lewis
Discipleship
PEOPLE IN PRINT
Outreach
MY CHOICE OF BOOKS
Richard Foster reflects on the writers who stretched his thinking.
Richard J. Foster
Ten Reasons Not to Resign
How one pastor kept himself from jumping ship.
Don Bubna
DANGERS IN ILLUSTRATING SERMONS
LeRoy Patterson
Discipleship
Some Quiet Confessions about Quiet Time
A young pastor owns up to the realities of personal devotion, and explores for solutions.
Mark R. Littleton
TO ILLUSTRATE...
Marshall Shelley
Outreach
The Spiritual Life Check-up
Discovering spiritual illness must precede the cure.
Dennis L. Wayman
LEADERSHIP BIBLIOGRAPHY
Paul Borthwick
Discipleship |Outreach
What I Wish I'd Known about Single-Adult Ministry
A veteran shares what he's learned on the job with the churche's newest specialty group.
Bill Flanagan
Confession of a Pulpit Committee
An inside look at the church's most clandestine operation -- the pastoral search.
Em Griffin
PREACHING TO ORDINARY PEOPLE
Pastors don't preach to eager scholars, but to silent sufferers in every pew.
Lewis B. Smedes
Outreach
The New Look of Women's Ministry
Karen Mains
Discipleship |Outreach
Reaching Men: The Church's Overlooked Minority
Cliff Stabler
Shepards Who Have Stayed
Leadership Forum
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLISHER
Paul D. Robbins
The Ordination from Above
Outreach
The Ordination from Above
Becoming a Reverend took one night; experiencing God's power took much longer.
Walter Wangerin

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