Sustaining Presence: A Model of Caring by People of Faith - Softcover

Sunderland, Ronald; Shelp, Earl

 
9780687025893: Sustaining Presence: A Model of Caring by People of Faith
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0687025893 ISBN 13: 9780687025893
Publisher: Abingdon Press, 2000

Synopsis

In Sustaining Presence, Earl E. Shelp and Ronald H. Sunderland present their insight that the care of congregational members is a communal activity within a church, and that laity care teams are a proven, effective way of delivering pastoral care. They express the idea that pastoral ministry is a function of the church, not only of the ordained. The function of sustaining is the defining feature of pastoral care, while the function of presence is the defining method.

The larger part of this book is comprised of chapters that apply care team models to specific audiences -- the elderly, people who have Alzheimer's disease, people with AIDS, and children -- and their particular needs.

Sustaining Presence is a resource that makes the case for formation of care teams to perform the important ministry of relating in a meaningful way to those in need. People who apply the strategies in this book will be giving of themselves to help others, serving God in the spirit of Christ.

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About the Authors

Ronald H. Sunderland is associate director of the Foundation for Interfaith Research and Ministry (FIRM). He lives in Houston, Texas.

2001 EARL E. SHELP is co-founder and President of Interfaith Care Partners in Houston, Texas, an initiative which won a Points of Light Presidents' Service Award in 1998. He has written a number of books in the area of health, medical ethics, and pastoral care.

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Publisher
Abingdon Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0687025893
ISBN 13 
9780687025893
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
192