Every Church Staff Person Should Read This Book!

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	• The New Guidebook for Pastors Mac Brunson, James W. Bryant B&H Academic, 2007 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A fine guide for ministers new and old

Bryant and Brunson have done ministers at all stages of development a great service in this book. I have taught ministerial ethics at university level for nearly twenty years. I now use this book as a text because the authors cover most of the matters I tried to hammer into ministry students over the years...and do it just as well as, if not better than, I.

They could have done better at a few points. Examples follow. First, their interpretation of "one-woman man" is deficient (pp. 55-56). Living in a culture that prohibits polygamy cannot automatically rule out that interpretation as an option. The same culture forbids murder, but that does not empty the mandate against murder of all meaning! Second, the remark that "it is the intimacy of the couple and not the ceremony that marks the beginning of marriage" (p. 144) should be tied more clearly to the discussion in which it appears. My students regularly misunderstand this as approval of premarital sex. Third, the writers misused Romans 11:29, a passage about the irrevocability of salvation, in an attempt to say a call to ministry is once and for all (p. 57). They may be right--although I am not sure they are--but they need another text on which to base their statement. Fourth, most ministers drive too many miles a year to make leasing a car a good option (p. 172).

All in all, however, the book offers tons of practical and valuable guidance! I recommend it highly.

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Every Church Staff Person Should Read This Book!

Jim Bryant and Mac Brunson (and B&H Publishing) have done a great service to pastors and church staff. Every church staff person should read this book. Each chapter begins with a brief personal testimony by different professionals in the field. Then Jim or Mac gives the content of each chapter out of their own depth of wisdom and years of experience. I know both of these men, and they live what they preach. Most ministers' manuals simply tell how to do funerals, weddings, etc. While Bryant and Brunson offer appendices on such topics, theirs is a book on the everyday issues, challenges, and joys pastors face. I say all church staff persons should read this book, because much of what they say applies not only to pastors, but to other church staff as well, and becuase it will help other staff members to appreciate the challenges their pastors face. The book is perfect for gift-giving. Church members can give it to their pastors, or people can give it to someone they know who is beginning a life of vocational ministry. The authors address what one would expect to see in such a volume, and much that is unexpected, including changing churches, retirement, and how he should deal with moral and political issues. I recommend this book with enthusiasm and without reservation!

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Shepherding the Pastor

A pastor leads as a shepherd, but who will lead the pastor? Certainly, in addition to God's spiritual calling, a pastor needs not only spiritual support, but also practical advice and resources for his ministry. The New Guidebook for Pastors accomplishes both. These two experienced pastors have not only influenced my spiritual walk, but have given me practical living- by- faith advice in my teaching ministry. Even though the book has much practical advice, including a valuable appendix and list of resources, the spiritual tone is never forsaken, and the reader learns much about theological doctrine and church organization, administration, counseling, missions, evangelism, and other areas of concern for both the clergy and the layman. Not only is the underlying spiritual call for the pastor emphasized, but also biblical support and case studies are given for each section. In addition to the introductory testimonies by reputable, experienced pastors in their specializations (worth the price of the book alone), the authors relate their own personal narratives and experiences in each section, serving as illustrations for each point being made. Both classical authors and contemporary authors of other books are quoted for advice, never forsaking God's Word as the center of their purpose. Although the book is written in a conversational tone to the reader, the academic depth is not ignored by the authors. Sometimes the authors have a bold statement that might alienate some readers in their tone, but they tell it like it is in the Bible: leave the ministry immediately if you are not called (p.32), or a preacher is not a pastor if he is divorced, but can still be a preacher or evangelist (p. 57). The reader should appreciate their candor and honesty in the book. Finally, the book serves as a history of guidebook advice for pastors and others, referencing at times the fantastic career of W.A. Criswell who wrote the original Guidebook for Pastors in 1980, but their book goes beyond where no other pastor has strayed, and hopefully will shepherd the pastor back home to God's calling and Word again. I am honored to know these authors personally and to be led by their own spiritual calling, reaching out to others through this fine book and resource for all those who desire to come to the Lord and do His will. The book will inspire generations of servants to come as well as my own students and my own spiritual growth.
Harvey E. Solganick, Ph.D.
Professor of Humanities, History of Ideas, Philosophy
The College at Southwestern
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas
July 20, 2007

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The New Guidebook for Pastors is written in the tradition of classics like Criswell's Guidebook for Pastors. But since most pastoral guidebooks available today date back to 1980 or earlier, this new resource by Mac Brunson and James W. Bryant will offer fresh experience-based encouragement to all pastors in their pursuit of excellence and development in their God-called profession.

Among the twenty chapters are "The Pastor and His Call," "The Pastor and His Family," "The Pastor and His Staff," "The Pastor and Worship," "The Pastor and Finances," "The Pastor, Wedding, and Funerals," "The Pastor, Politics, and Moral Issues," and "The Pastor and His Denomination."

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