Equipped for Good Work: A Guide for Pastors, Third Edition - Tapa dura

Designed to guide both new and experienced ministers in their everyday pastoral work, this comprehensive volume has been revised to aid twenty-first-century pastors, church staff, ministers, chaplains, and seminary students who face the challenges of providing competent, contemporary ministry.

Inspirational, informative, and thoroughly updated chapters on the following are included:
The Pastor and His Work
The Building of the Church
Communication in the Church
A Pastorate from Start to Finish
The Need for Pastoral Preaching
The Planned Preaching Ministry
Pastoral Evangelism
The Pastor and Weddings
The Pastor's Ministry to the Bereaved
The Church Ordinances
Policies and Programs for Effective Ministry
Budgeting for Effective Ministry
The Pastor and Church Staff
The Pastor and His Deacons
The Pastor's Public Relations

Helpful appendices include sermon planning, using technology in pastoral work, and suggested reading with updated resources for ministers.