You have recently become the senior pastor of a church, where all leadership positions have previously been held by men
Select ONE of the following questions:
1. You have recently become the senior pastor of a church, where all leadership positions have previously been held by men – even though there are women in your church who are capable of leading ministries. One of your first jobs as a senior pastor is to write a strategy for developing more women for ministry leadership. In your strategy, you need to outline the perceived biblical, theological, and social barriers that may have prevented women from rising to leadership until this point. After this, you have to suggest practical ways to build women up for leadership, as well as assisting your congregation in becoming used to this change in culture.
2. You have been asked to organize a one-day seminar/workshop for pastors in your local area on the issue of self-care, in the hope of minimizing burn-out and subsequent health issues. Discuss the need for training in this area, the main issues that would have to be addressed on that day (in conjunction with the context of your local area), and then outline a schedule for what this day of training would look like.Note: allocate roughly two-thirds of your response to discussing the need for training and main issues, then allocate the last third of your paper to an outline of the schedule.
3. “The most effective churches are those where different generations and backgrounds are able to meaningfully learn from one another.” Discuss the legitimacy of this statement, and then propose how your conclusions might impact upon departmental ministries
[I tend to choose topic 1 or 2, but it\’s up to you which one you choose.]
[Some reference materials, FYI:
Pattinson, S & Woodward, J. The Blackwell Reader in Pastoral and Practical Theology. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2000, 27-48.
Tidball, Derek. Ministry by the Book. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2008, 235-246.
Miner, Maureen H. “Changes in Burnout Over the First 12 Months in Ministry: Links with Stress and Orientation to Ministry.” Mental Health, Religion & Culture 10, vol. 1 (Jan, 2007): 9-16.
Nouwen, Henri JM. The Wounded Healer. New York: Doubleday, 1979, 81-96.Franklin, Cynthia & Fong, Rowena. The Church Leader’s Counselling Resource Book: A Guide to Mental Health and Social Problems. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, 3-12.Harkness, Allan G. “Intergenerational Education for Intergenerational Church?” Religious Education 93, vol.4, (1998): 431-447.
Catford, C. “Women’s Experiences: Challenges for Female Leaders in Pentecostal Contexts,” in Clifton, S. & Grey, J. Raising Women Leaders. Sydney: APS, 2009, 26-50.Norman Shawchuck & Roger Heuser, Managing the Congregation, (Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 1996), 182-204.
Grenz, SJ. Sexual Ethics: An Evangelical Perspective. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2000, 166-172.Pack, K. “Single and Sexual: The Challenge of Holiness as Unmarried Christians.” Crux 40, no. 2, (Summer 2010): 13-18.
Guthrie, Steven R. “The Wisdom of Song,” in Jeremy Begbie & Steven R Guthrie, Resonany Witness: Conversations Between Music and Theology. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2011, 382-407.]
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