The Wounded Minister: Healing from and Preventing Personal Attacks

The Wounded Minister: Healing from and Preventing Personal Attacks

The Wounded Minister: Healing from and Preventing Personal Attacks

The Wounded Minister: Healing from and Preventing Personal Attacks

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Overview

Every church deals with personality conflicts and intermittent discord. But in some churches, what should be normal clashes has become a devastating form of abuse-pastoral abuse. A growing phenomenon that cuts across denominational lines and impacts every level of ministry, pastoral abuse leaves in its wake thousands of wounded clergymen with ruined ministries, broken relationships, damaged health, even shattered faith.

The Wounded Minister: Healing for Abused Clergy, written by a clinically trained pastoral counselor, examines the reality of evil in churches and the ways in which "pathological antagonists" emotionally and spiritually batter pastors. A deft mix of personal experience and in-depth research, this resource will help wounded men and women of all ministerial positions learn how to recover their broken hearts while rebuilding their lives. And as preventative medicine, it also provides guidelines on how spiritually sensitive Christians can develop a church structure that protects their pastors from this tragedy.

Both compassionate and proactive, this book is an excellent resource for hurting pastors as well as lay leadership pursuing healthy church life.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781585584505
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 07/01/2001
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 238
File size: 788 KB

About the Author

Guy Greenfield is a former pastor and seminary professor who now performs counseling services through Panhandle Pastoral Counseling Ministry, which he founded. He is a member of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and the American Association of Christian Counselors. Greenfield is also the author of several books, including The Wounded Parent and Reigniting Love and Passion. He lives in Amarillo, Texas.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Dr. Brooks Faulkner
Introduction
Part 1: The Reality of Abuse
1 Clergy Killers on the Loose
2 Pathological Antagonists in the Church
3 When Evil Invades the Church
4 The Minister's Greatest Enemy: Passive Lay Leaders
5 The Dangers of Autonomous Church Policy
6 Wrecking a Minister's Life and Career
7 Collateral Damage to Ministers
8 Collateral Damage to the Church
Part 2: Pathological Ministers
9 Ministers Who Invite Attack
10 Abuse from Pathological Ministers
Part 3: Recovery and Healing
11 A Minister's Advisory Council
12 Steps toward Healing for Abused Clergy
13 Recovering from Shattered Dreams
14 Wounded Healers
Afterword: Growing through Rejection
Notes
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