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Clergy Burnout, Revised and Expanded

Surviving in Turbulent Times
  • ISBN-13: 9781506474304
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: FORTRESS PRESS
  • By Fred Lehr
  • Price: AUD $45.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 04/01/2022
  • Format: Paperback (216.00mm X 140.00mm) 176 pages Weight: 318g
  • Categories: Christian ministry & pastoral activity [HRCX4]
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In Clergy Burnout: Surviving in Turbulent Times, Revised and Expanded, Fred Lehr explores the nature and practice of clergy codependence. In short, insightful, and easily accessible chapters filled with many examples and stories from his own life and the lives of those he has counseled, Lehr identifies the typical forms codependence takes in the life and ministry of clergy. These forms include the chief enabler, who keeps things functioning; the scapegoat, on whom everything that goes wrong is blamed; the hero, the example, the pure and righteous one; the lost child, whom no one really knows or cares about; the rescuer, who saves the day, fixes the problem, makes everything all right again; and the mascot, the cheerleader, the one who offers comic relief, brings down the tension level after a heated discussion. With a new preface, Lehr places the current challenges of ministry in the context of broader cultural shifts. The book concludes with a new chapter, Lehr's hard-won and carefully distilled words of wisdom for those who serve in turbulent times.
Fred Lehr is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and founder and manager of Renewal Ministries, a ministry of training and consulting about church systems, church leaders, and church professionals. His practice emphasizes conflict management, change management, healthy boundaries, stress management, and healthy congregations. He founded and directed the Church Renewal Center, a specialized treatment program at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania, designed exclusively for church professionals.
Preface to theRevised and ExpandedEdition Acknowledgments PART ONE: Pastors in Pain 1. Painful Pastoring 2. Burnout and Codependence 3. Personalities and Codependence 4. The Church and Codependence 5. Holiness and Spirituality PART TWO: Hope and Healing 6. Becoming Gospel-Centered 7. Developing Spiritual Maturity 8. Regaining Balance Stretching and Bridging 9. Knowing the Boundaries 10. Becoming Empowered 11. Un-trashing the Temple 12. Surviving Turbulent Times Appendix 1: Personal Assessment Appendix 2: Study Guides Notes
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