Faithful Endurance: The Joy of Shepherding People for a Lifetime

Book Description:

This book offers pastors examples of long-term faithfulness in ministry and practical wisdom from veteran pastors for real-life issues.

Attending to your personal spiritual life (Tim Keller)
Leaving a church (D. A. Carson)
Crafting sermons week after week (Bryan Chapell)
Facing criticism (Dan Doriani)
Pastoring a church you wouldn't attend (Tom Ascol)
Caring for your wife in the midst of criticism (Juan R. Sanchez with Jeanine D. Sanchez)
Feeling deserted by members leaving (Dave Harvey)
Pastoring a small church that seems insignificant (Mark McCullough)
Experiencing burnout (John Starke)
Shepherding a church that has outgrown your gifts (Scott Patty)
Handling financial burdens (Brandon Shields)
Doubting your calling (Jeff Robinson Sr.)

 Editors:

Collin Hansen (MDiv, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) serves as the editorial director for the Gospel Coalition. He previously worked as an associate editor for Christianity Today magazine and coedits the Cultural Renewal series with Tim Keller. He and his wife belong to Redeemer Community Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and he serves on the advisory board of Beeson Divinity School. You can follow him on Twitter at @collinhansen.

Jeff Robinson Sr. (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is a senior editor for the Gospel Coalition and serves as the lead pastor for Christ Community Church of Louisville. He also serves as adjunct professor of church history at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the coauthor of To the Ends of the Earth: Calvin's Missional Vision and Legacy.

Endorsements:

"In ministry, you need company-and the wiser the company, the better. Not all of us enjoy mutually encouraging pastoral friendships with the likes of the contributors to this volume, but here they welcome you into their own lives and experiences and doubts and heartbreaks and trials. In so doing, they offer counsel and hope for those in ministry. And we all need that."
--J. Ligon Duncan III, Chancellor, CEO, and John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary

"Pastors get worn down, discouraged, depleted, and depressed. This short but pastorally rich book will prove to be a spiritual tonic for pastors. I recommend reading and meditating on the essays in this book, which will provide strength and solace for the journey."
--Thomas R. Schreiner, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

"I love this book! It is nearly impossible to overstate the wealth of seasoned, practical, pastoral wisdom that can be found in every chapter. Being called to be a pastor is a high honor, and being commissioned to preach the gospel is a beautiful thing, but the life of a pastor always includes seasons of hardship. Each chapter of this book speaks into those seasons with the tenderness of compassion, the grace of understanding, and the helpfulness of truth spoken in love. If you are a pastor, get this book, read it with an open heart, and then keep it near, because there will be seasons when you will reach for it again and find it to be your friend." 
--Paul David Tripp, President, Paul Tripp Ministries; author, New Morning Mercies and Suffering

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