Resilience: How Japanese Pastors Can Thrive in Every Season: Departing, Arriving, Leading and Finishing Well in Life and Ministry

by John Houlette, Masahiro Matsumoto, Makito Matsuda

This book is a practical guide for pastors in Japan and Greater Asia to navigate every ministry season from initial call to leaving a legacy. The four seasons are departing, arriving, leading and finishing well. The book is rooted in the Japanese soil, utilizing interviews, surveys and stories of transition to assist pastors, church leaders and elder boards on their journey. It taps into some of the best literature in the fields of clergy care, spiritual formation and pastoral ministry. An in-depth study of the book of Nehemiah shows how these seasons happen in the life of a strategic leader.

168 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 23, 2020

Reviews

[Menthink · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author does a great job of laying the phases of a career as pastor and how to plan in each phase what to be doing to ultimately have a successful exit and encore. The concepts are easily applied to non-church based careers, and I plan on doing just that.