Flourishing in Ministry

How to Cultivate Clergy Wellbeing

Matt Bloom (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

152 Seiten

2019
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1895-5 (ISBN)

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Pastoral work has been described as stressful, tough, demanding, sometimes misunderstood, and often underappreciated and underpaid. Ministers devote themselves to caring for their congregations, often at the expense of caring for themselves. Studies consistently show that physical health among clergy is significantly worse than similar adults who are not in ministry. Flourishing in Ministry offers clergy and those who support them practical advice for not just surviving this grueling profession, but thriving.

Matt Bloom, the director of the Flourishing in Ministry project, shares the groundbreaking research from more than a decade of study. The Flourishing in Ministry project draws on more than 5000 surveys and 300 in-depth interviews with clergy across denominations, ages, races, genders, and years of practice in ministry. The book distills this deep research into easily understandable stages of flourishing that can be practiced at any stage in ministry or ministry formation.

Matt Bloom is associate professor of management at the University of Notre Dame and principle investigator of the Wellbeing at Work Project. Matt has studied and published academic and practitioner articles on wellbeing at work for more than 25 years. He is the Principle Investigator on the Flourishing in Ministry Project (funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.) and Faith and Flourishing at Work Project (funded by Templeton Religion Trust).

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Daily Wellbeing
2 Resilience
3 Authenticity: The Confident and Quiet Self
4 Thriving: Meaning, Purpose, and Connectedness
5 Pathways to Ministry
6 Living a Calling and Becoming a Pastor
7 Social Support
8 The “Stages” of Ministry
9 A Way Forward
References
Index
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2019
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 236 mm
Gewicht	399 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
ISBN-10	1-5381-1895-5 / 1538118955
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-1895-5 / 9781538118955
Zustand	Neuware