On Pastoring: A Short Guide to Living, Leading, and Ministering as a Pastor - Softcover

Charles Jr, H B

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802414605 ISBN 13: 9780802414601

Publisher: Moody Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

From one pastor to another...

No one is ever fully prepared for the ministry. For pastors just starting out, those needing a little rebalancing, or those growing tired in the trenches, a short guide to the basics is a welcome relief.

In On Pastoring, H. B. Charles gives 30 instructive reflections on the pastor’s heart, leadership, and public ministry, covering topics like:

• Cultivating personal godliness
• Prioritizing your family
• Guarding your ministry effectiveness
• Planning, preparing, and preaching sermons
• Balancing pastoral roles and duties

Being a pastor means wearing many hats, weathering lots of pressure, and bearing great responsibility. Let H. B. Charles be a trusted advisor as you do the serious work of shepherding a flock of God.

About this title

About the Author

H.B. CHARLES JR. is the pastor-teacher at the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida, where he has served since the fall of 2008. He is primarily responsible for preaching-teaching, vision casting, and leadership development. Prior to coming to Shiloh, he led the Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church of Los Angeles for almost eighteen years. Succeeding his late father, he began his pastorate at Mt. Sinai at the age of seventeen.

H.B. Charles regularly speaks at churches, conferences, and conventions around the country. He has contributed to several books and journals, and is the author of It Happens After Prayer. H.B. and his wife, Crystal, have three children: H.B. III, Natalie, and Hailey.

From the Back Cover

From one pastor to another . . .

No one is ever fully prepared for the ministry. For pastors just starting out, those needing a little rebalancing, or those growing tired in the trenches, a short guide to the basics is a welcome relief.

In On Pastoring, H. B. Charles gives 30 instructive reflections on the pastor’s heart, leadership, and public ministry, covering topics like:

• Cultivating personal godliness
• Prioritizing your family
• Guarding your ministry effectiveness
• Planning, preparing, and preaching sermons
• Balancing pastoral roles and duties

Pastors spin many plates while bearing great responsibility. Let H. B. Charles be a trusted advisor as you do the serious work of shepherding a flock of God.

Edition details

• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802414605
• ISBN 13: 9780802414601
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208