THE TENDER CHEPHERD

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A Practical Guide for Today's Pastor

JOHN KILLINGER

"This is the kind of book I wanted when I came to my pastorate, but couldn't find."

Presenting a step-by-step, practical agenda for creative pastoring, The Tender Shepherd focuses on the flesh-and-blood realities of serving a congregation and describes the successful techniques John Killinger has employed to enhance his own ministry.

Killinger shows clergy how to think pastoring. Offering a pragmatic methodology that will stimulate the pastor's creativity, Killinger provides useful models for parish programs and liturgical develop-ment, and demonstrates how the nitty-gritty of pastoring-the phone calls, the letters, the need to individualize baptisms, weddings, and funerals can be accomplished with a personalized imagination and skill.