TY - BOOK AU - Burns,Bob AU - Chapman,Tasha AU - Guthrie,Donald TI - Resilient ministry: what pastors told us about surviving and thriving SN - 9780830841035 AV - BV4011 .R475 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Downers Grove, Illinois PB - IVP Books KW - Church work KW - Pastoral theology N1 - 1 (pages 297-312); Life in pastoral ministry --; The five themes of resilient ministry --; Evaluating spiritual formation --; Pursuing spiritual formation --; Self-care: burning on, not burning out --; Self-care: pacing our lifestyles --; Understanding emotional intelligence --; Developing emotional intelligence --; Exploring cultural differences --; Improving cultural intelligence --; Marriage and family: stressed by ministry --; More marriage and family stressors --; Leadership poetry --; Leadership plumbing --; Concluding insights and next steps; 2 N2 - What does it take to have fruitful ministry over the long haul? The stresses of pastoring are well known and can be a match for even the best-prepared, most experienced in ministry -- ER -