Preacher's Catechism

Your work as a pastor can make it easy to overlook the deep needs of your own soul. These 43 questions and answers, written to reflect the format of historic catechisms, seek to provide nourishment for weary pastors in the thick of ministry. Each chapter features content designed to care for your spiritual health, feeding your mind and heart with life-giving truth aimed at helping you press on in ministry with endurance, contentment, and joy.

• Features 43 questions with answers designed to minister to the busy pastor’s heart and mind, such as “What is the preacher’s chief end?” “Why does God call us to preach?” and “How can we know we really are saved?”
• Written by a veteran of over 18 years in pastoral ministry
• Divided into 3 parts: (1) “The Glory of God and the Greatness of Preaching,” (2) “Jesus for Preachers,” and (3) “Loving the Word”

Lewis Allen (DPhil, University of Oxford) pastored Gunnersbury Baptist Church in London for over twelve years, and in 2010, was called to plant what is now Hope Church in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, where he is the senior pastor. He is the author of several books, including Resilient Faith: Learning to Rely on Jesus in the Struggles of Life and The Glory of Grace: An Introduction to the Puritans in Their Own Words. Allen is married with five adult children.