Gordon Oliver

Ministry without Madness (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In previous generations, ministers often enjoyed high job satisfaction. They could be clear about who they were and what they were for. Today, they are increasingly anxious about role confusion, overload and burnout. Drawing on his abundant experience in hands-on ministry and ministry education, Gordon Oliver speaks directly, with faith and with hopefulness to these realities. He explores the covenant that exists between ministers and their churches and provides a clear evaluation of the structures, constraints and freedoms of ministry. With real-life stories and insightful questions for reflection, his thought-provoking guide helps ministers, and those who support them, work together to fulfil ministers' true calling.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SPCK
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780281068494
• Artikelnr.: 38203719

Autorenporträt

Gordon Oliver, born in 1939, lives in Cape Town, South Africa. He holds a master's degree in Religious Studies from the University of Cape Town. He was ordained in the ministry of the Unitarian Church in Cape Town in 2002 and was elected President of International Council of Unitarians and Universalists from 2003 to 2007. He was chairman of the Cape Town Inter-Faith Initiative and was appointed co-director of the Parliament of the World's Religions held in Cape Town in 1999. Most of his professional life was in Human Resources Management and during this time, he was an elected councillor on the Cape Town City Council, serving for fifteen years. He was Mayor of Cape Town from 1989 to 1991 and had the privilege of welcoming Nelson Mandela to the Cape Town City Hall on the day he was released from prison.