Pastoral Ministry: Theology and Practice

by Richard H Warneck

Relevant to active pastors, seminarians, and laity, particularly as pastors explain the office to their elders, Pastoral Theology and Practice builds on existing pastoral theology resources and addresses pastoral theology to the ministry in the 21st century.
Though author Richard Warneck's material is of special value to pastors of the Lutheran Church, Warneck addresses a broader audience than simply the LCMS, making this book relevant to pastors and priests of other denominations.

Genres: Theology

416 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2018

Reviews

[Jonathon Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is filled with a ton of wisdom and will likely be one that I continue to revisit for years to come.

[Richard Willsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this with my Lay deacon intern. Is the only pastoral theology book CPH puts out that I hadn’t read yet. It’s truly a remarkable resource. If you really wanna know how to be a good practical pastor, with hands-on how to, day and day, best practices? I can’t think of a better resource.

[Rev James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Truly a comprehensive and outstanding book on pastoral ministry. I took Dr Warneck's class in seminary and greatly benefited from it and now I get to save and review my notes and his book which certainly elaborates on all he shared in class. I know Dr Warneck is an outstanding teacher, I have no doubt he was/is an outstanding pastor and I greatly benefited from his class and this book.

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pastoral theology from a Lutheran perspective. It is complete and anyone interested in the subject will profit from reading it. There are, of course, aspects of the author's theology with which those from other doctrinal positions will differ, but that does not take away from the book's contribution. I especially appreciated the chapter on the Call to ministry.