Hurt by Church: Ministry and Helping Professions

from Ministry in a Secular Age featuring Dr. Andrew Root · host Ministry in a Secular Age

Andy and Derek discuss passage from Jim Loder on ministers who callus over after getting hurt in ministry. Derek and Andy dig into whether pastoral care is really a "helping profession" at all, turning to Bonhoeffer's idea of the pastor as permanent place-sharer — more parent than therapist — and why the office, not the personality, is what holds a pastor through disappointment.

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