
Stuck
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Stuck is a guide for understanding how and why a traditional approach to ministry does not align with the modern realities facing pastors, congregations, and seminaries. More than simply describing findings from their firsthand research, however, Todd W. Ferguson and Josh Packard offer a new understanding of why professional ministry can be so alienating today.
Stuck shifts the dominant narrative around calling, vocation, and ministry away from a focus on individual traits and characteristics of pastors and congregational leaders and toward a more structural understanding of the social forces that impact modern ministry. The authors focus on the nature of calling; the need for modern, flexible congregational supports; and a different approach to training professional clergy.
Stuck lets pastors who feel stuck know that they're not alone, they're not crazy, and it's not their fault. It helps congregations be more supportive of their clergy. And it participates in the conversation for reshaping seminary training and professional development.
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- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction: Knowing How the Sausage Is Made
- Part I. Stuck in the Calling
- Chapter 1. The Pastoral Role and the Alienation of Faith
- Chapter 2. Redefining a Calling
- Part II. Stuck in the Congregation
- Chapter 3. The Congregation as Both a Community of Faith and a Business
- Chapter 4. The Changing Riverbed
- Part III. Stuck in the Career
- Chapter 5. Why Don't They Leave the Ministry?
- Chapter 6. Leaving the Ministry to Follow the Call
- Chapter 7. What to Do about Being Stuck
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Stuck: Exploring Alienation among Religious Professionals-Interview Guide
- Notes
- Bibliography
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