God's Potters: Pastoral Leadership and the Shaping of Congregations
- ISBN-10
- 0802863205
- ISBN-13
- 9780802863201
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-03-31
- Publisher
- Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
- Author
- Jackson W. Carroll
Description
Jackson W. Carroll is the Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Jr. Professor Emeritus of Religion and Society and recently retired as director of Pulpit & Pew: Research on Pastoral Leadership at Duke Divinity School. An ordained United Methodist minister, he is also the author of such books as Bridging Divided Worlds: Generational Cultures in Congregations (coauthored with Wade Clark Roof) and Mainline to the Future: Congregations for the 21st Century.
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