40 Questions About Pastoral Ministry

A veteran pastor answers the questions that today’s pastors are askingIn 40 Questions about Pastoral Ministry, veteran pastor Phil Newton provides trustworthy answers to 40 of the most common and pressing questions relating to the life and work of the pastor. Covering five major categories?such as development, practices, and preaching?Newton equips pastors to successfully handle everyday duties and challenges, including: Remaining spiritually healthy Strengthening your marriage Dealing with discouragement Avoiding pitfalls Leading elders’ meetings Mentoring future leaders Preaching through books of the Bible Conducting marriages and funerals Practicing church discipline Leading change and revitalization, and much moreBasing his answers on Scripture, theological reflection, and personal experience, Newton serves as a mentor and guide for pastors at every stage of ministry. The questions and answers are self-contained, and topics of interest can be easily located. Pastors will want to consult this volume often for authoritative advice on all aspects of pastoral ministry.Review“How I wish I could have read this book when I was starting out in pastoral ministry forty-five years ago. Phil Newton offers practical wisdom that will help pastors young and old. It will be a special encouragement to pastors just starting out in the ministry. These forty questions cover the full range of questions pastors face. Dr. Newton offers tested wisdom that is both biblical and practical. I hope you will buy two copies?one to read and one to give to a young pastor. Outstanding!” -- Dr Ray Pritchard, President, Keep Believing Ministries Published On: 2020-10-15“Imagine being able to sit down and talk to a friend who has faithfully pastored for over forty years, and in a series of sessions, you have the chance to hear him share from Scripture and personal experience what he has learned along the way. Phil Newton is a friend and a mentor in ministry, so I can hear his voice as I read these pages. In this book, Phil comes alongside pastors to talk about everything from navigating your first year, to handling opposition, to tending your own soul, to planning a sermon series, to evaluating when it may be time to leave a church. I trust this resource will be a means of great encouragement to fellow pastors!” -- Matt Mason, Senior Pastor, The Church at Brookhills, Birmingham, AL Published On: 2020-10-15“With more than forty years of experience, Phil Newton is well prepared by God to pose and answer these forty questions. Each answer is biblically grounded and theologically framed, rich in examples of those who pastored before us and flows out of his own extensive and even painful experiences. Perhaps most important, he reminds us that “love is a mark of pastoral ministry”?something none of us can afford to forget as we serve the bride of Christ. Throughout his book, Newton reveals that he is always aware of the hope of the Church?Jesus Christ and the mission of the Church?making disciples. Very much worth reading and keeping as a resource near at hand.” -- Richard A. Shenk, PhD, Assistant Professor of Theology, Bethlehem College & Seminary Published On: 2020-10-15“You hold in your hands one of the most important books on the practicality of pastoral ministry I have ever read. Additionally, I don't know of a better, wiser, more experienced pastor to write a book as this than Phil Newton. He has lived the content of this book for four decades of faithful ministry and has become a model to others pastors in the process. 40 Questions About Pastoral Ministry is easily accessible, thoroughly biblical, and immensely practical. It needs to be read and re-read by every new pastor as well as the most seasoned pastor who needs a clear and compelling reminder of God's call, plan, and design for his undershepherds. I heartily commend this book and the man who wrote it.” -- Brian Croft, Senior Pastor, Auburndale Baptist Church; Founder