Inhalt - Pastoral Ministry (1995)

Pastoral Ministry (1995)

• Information about this Book
• Preface
• Section 1—Growth and Work
  • Chapter 1—Personal Devotions
    • Bible Study
    • Prayer
    • Meditation
  • Chapter 2—Adventism—a Unique, Worldwide Movement
    • Unique Message
    • Loyalty to Adventist Doctrine
    • Doctrinal Argumentation
    • Worldwide Movement
  • Chapter 3—Characteristics of a Minister
    • Consecration
    • Self-Sacrifice
    • Compassion
    • Positive Attitude
    • Dependability
    • Humility
    • Responsibility
  • Chapter 4—Church Policies
    • Church Organization
    • Ministerial Ordination
  • Chapter 5—Ministerial Training
    • Called to Service
    • Classroom Training
    • Field Training
    • Continuing Education
  • Chapter 6—Development of a Personal Support Group
  • Chapter 7—Filing System
  • Chapter 8—Leadership
  • Chapter 9—Ministerial Ethics
    • Ethics and Fellow Pastors
    • Ethics and the Opposite Sex
  • Chapter 10—Personal Appearance
    • Minister’s Appearance
    • Family’s Appearance
  • Chapter 11—Personal Finance
  • Chapter 12—Personal Health
    • Stress
    • Exercise
    • Diet
    • Health Reform
    • Balance
  • Chapter 13—Women as Soulwinners
    • Team Ministry With Spouse
    • Remuneration of Spouses
  • Chapter 14—Time Management
• Section 2—Relationships
  • Chapter 15—Relationships in the Pastoral Family
    • Home
    • Spouse
    • Children
  • Chapter 16—Relationships With Others
    • Community
    • Clergy of Other Denominations
    • People of Other Cultures
  • Chapter 17—Relationships Within the Church
    • Christ’s Representative
    • Congregation—Pastor’s Part
    • Congregation—People’s part
    • Alienation
    • Tenure
    • Conference
    • Pastor-President
    • Salary
    • Other Church Workers
    • Medical Missionaries
    • Teachers
    • Literature Evangelists
    • Business Administrators
• Section 3—Evangelism and Church Growth
  • Chapter 18—Community Awareness
    • Community Services
    • Public Relations
    • Media
  • Chapter 19—Outreach
    • Publications
    • Health Ministry
    • Family Ministry
  • Chapter 20—Planning and Strategy
    • Time for Evangelism
    • Church Planning
  • Chapter 21—Getting Decisions
    • Public
    • Personal
    • Bible Class
    • Securing Interests
  • Chapter 22—Personal Evangelism
    • Visiting Non-members
    • Bible Studies
    • Friendship Soulwinning
  • Chapter 23—Public Evangelism
    • Crusade
    • Seminar
  • Chapter 24—Small Group Evangelism
  • Chapter 25—Specialized Outreaches
    • Cities
    • Prisons
    • Disadvantaged
• Section 4—Lay Training
  • Chapter 26—Recruiting and Training Volunteers
    • Church Work Shared by Pastor and People
    • Minister’s Responsibility
    • Vocational Witnessing
    • Spiritual Gifts
    • Motivating Volunteers
    • Ministers as Trainers
    • Teach All to Be Active
• Section 5—Worship and Special Services
  • Chapter 27—Baptism
    • Preparing Candidates
    • Children
    • Baptismal Service
  • Chapter 28—Child Dedication
  • Chapter 29—Communion
    • Footwashing
    • Bread and Wine
  • Chapter 30—Funeral
  • Chapter 31—Planning and Leading Worship
    • Reverence
    • Formal Versus Informal
    • Congregational Participation
    • Beginning of Worship
    • Music
    • Congregational singing
    • Instrumental
    • Not for Display
    • Public Prayer
    • Offering Appeal
    • Reading Scripture
  • Chapter 32—Prayer Meeting
    • Testimonies
  • Chapter 33—Preaching
    • Biblical
    • Christ-centered
    • Relating Faith to Life
    • Practical Application
    • Inappropriate Illustrations
    • Good Illustrations
    • Jesus’ Illustrations
    • Positive Versus Negative
    • Negative
    • Positive
    • Conviction
    • Feeling
    • Decision
    • Delivery—Words
    • Delivery—Gestures
    • Delivery—Voice and Diction
    • Delivery—Length
  • Chapter 34—Wedding
• Section 6—Pastoral Care and Nurture
  • Chapter 35—Assimilating New Members
    • Doctrinal Grounding
    • Converts Copy Their Minister
  • Chapter 36—Church Discipline
    • Necessity of Discipline
    • Attitude in Discipline
  • Chapter 37—Counseling
    • Family
    • Grief
    • Limitations
  • Chapter 38—Former Members, Inactive Members
    • Find Them
    • Win Them
  • Chapter 39—Personal Ministry to Members
    • Less Sermonizing, More Personal Ministry
    • Members and Personal Ministry
  • Chapter 40—Visitation of Special Member Groups
    • Family
    • Poor
    • Discouraged
    • Sick
    • Anointing and Divine Healing
• Section 7—Organization and Administration
  • Chapter 41—Christian Education
    • Purpose
    • Teachers
    • School Building
    • Financing
    • Manual Labor
  • Chapter 42—Church Building
    • Location
    • Design
    • Construction
    • Financing
    • Maintenance
    • Help Others Build
  • Chapter 43—Church Social Life
    • Importance
    • Problems
  • Chapter 44—Committees
    • Principles in Forming
    • Principles of Conducting
  • Chapter 45—Conference Departments
    • Conference and Department Leaders
    • Cooperation Between Departments
  • Chapter 46—Finance
    • Stewards
    • World Church
    • Local Church
    • Ministers Need Some Financial Ability
    • Ministers Not Specialists in Finance
  • Chapter 47—Pastoring a Multi-Church District
    • Develop Church Talent
    • Worship Service When No Pastor Present
  • Chapter 48—Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution
    • Unity
  • Chapter 49—Promotion
    • Publications
    • Ingathering
  • Chapter 50—Adult Sabbath School
    • Value of Small Group Bible Study
    • Sabbath School Teachers
  • Chapter 51—Youth Leadership
    • Pastor-Parent Team
    • Train to Serve
    • Children’s Sabbath School
  • Chapter 52—Jesus as Model Pastor
    • Devotional Life
    • Love for People
    • Servant Leader
    • Soul Winner
    • Preacher-Teacher
    • Under-shepherd’s Shepherd