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The Pastor's Personal Friendships: Conflicts, Boundaries, and Benefits

The Pastor's Personal Friendships: Conflicts, Boundaries, and Benefits

Paperback

Religion General

ISBN10: 1304911942
ISBN13: 9781304911940
Publisher: Lulu Pr
Published: Apr 28 2014
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This book examines the pastor's friendships as they impact a pastor's effectiveness in ministry and his or her personal well-being. Because friendships require high levels of self-disclosure, friendships introduce potential conflict for the pastor as personal self-disclosure may conflict with the pastor's expected role. Taking a qualitative approach, this study looks at how pastors navigate the areas of friendship both inside and outside their congregations. The research involved interviews with ten congregational pastors and reports themes that emerged from the interviews. The researcher developed four friendship types that assist the pastor in balancing pastoral role expectation with expression of vulnerability.

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