Review of the book "Help for the New Pastor" by Charles Malcolm Wingard
Chapters:
- Understanding Your Call to Ministry
- Preparing for Pulpit Ministry
- Preparing and Delivering a Sermon
- Practical Advice on Preaching
- Leading Worship
- The Sacraments
- Church Administration
- Growing through Conflict
- Home Visitation
- Practicing Hospitality
- Counseling
- Weddings
- Hospital and Hospice Care
- Funeral
- Your Denominational Duties
- The Character and Habits of Effective Ministers
- Small Things That Yield Big Results
- A Long and Fruitful Ministry
QUOTES:
"There is no escaping adversity. Unless you are firmly persuaded that God has summoned you to pastoral ministry, you will falter, grow weary, become discouraged, and fail." p. 3
"Eliminate distractions when you're studying, at home, and with the Lord." p. 17
"Your sermon is not for publication, but for proclamation." p. 31
"You are a preacher, not a performer." p. 36
"It is far more easy to furnish our library, than our understanding." p. 165
"Without secret prayer, there can be no real Christian ministry." p. 183
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