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The last pastor
Gail Cafferata
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"Gail Cafferata was heartbroken when the church she pastored voted to close its doors. It may have been the right decision, but it led to a million questions in her mind about her call, leadership, and future. She began to think that other pastors who close churches perhaps go through this same experience. This led her to obtain a grant from the Louisville Institute to conduct a sociological study of over 130 pastors in five historically established denominations (Episcopal, Lutheran, United Methodist, Presbyterian, and United Church of Christ) who were called to serve churches that closed. This book tells the results of that study, which consisted of many interviews, and the hard-won lessons learned by these courageous pastors"--

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Westminster John Knox Press
Language
English
Pages
215

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Church closures, Pastoral theology, Clergy, Appointment, call, and election, Ecclesiastical Vocation

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Table of Contents

part I. The pastor, the sacred community, and the judicatory
The pastor : minding the tiller
The sacred community : sailing in the groove
The judicatory : the 'coast guard'
part II. Leading the pilgrimage
Leadership gifts of a transformational pastor
The pilgrimage to a grace-filled closure
Stormy weather : conflict and recourse
A 'good enough' death : ceremonies, preaching, and legacy giving
part III. The pastor's transformation, reflections, and recommendations
Grief and vulnerability
Consolation and hope
The next call : vocational transformations
Different on the inside : pastors' spiritual and personal transformations
The ship's log : hard-won lessons
Closing thoughts : an so we sail on.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-215).

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Louisville, Kentucky

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Dewey Decimal Class
254
Library of Congress
BV652.9 .C34 2020

The Physical Object

Pagination
215 pages
Number of pages
215

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Open Library
OL44069984M
ISBN 10
0664264980
ISBN 13
9780664264987, 9781611649758
LCCN
2019041278
OCLC/WorldCat
1119583881

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