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Pastoral Ministry according to Paul: A Biblical Vision is unavailable, but you can change that!

What is the ultimate purpose of pastoral ministry? What emphases and priorities should fuel the pursuit of this purpose? These are perennial questions engaged by pastors, the churches that employ them, and the seminaries that prepare them. As a New Testament scholar who works at the intersection between biblical studies and practical ministry, James Thompson suggests that we need to recapture...

well as forgiving, accepting grace.11 Although the minister’s task is to communicate God’s grace and freedom, as the traditional understanding of ministry has held, the minister will also demonstrate that God’s grace and freedom calls people to a transformed existence. Evangelism is not mere initiation into a relationship with God but the formation of a community within a narrative that is not yet complete. Anyone who has worked in ministry recognizes that
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