Preventing Ministry Failure: A ShepherdCare Guide for Pastors, Ministers and Other Caregivers
- ISBN-10
- 0830896864
- ISBN-13
- 9780830896868
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 265
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-12-16
- Publisher
- InterVarsity Press
- Authors
- Michael Todd Wilson, Brad Hoffmann
Description
Brad Hoffman and Michael Todd Wilson present this workbook designed to be used by people in vocational ministry, alongside their peers, to safeguard them from burnout, moral failure and spiritual exhaustion.
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