Letters to a Young Pastor: Reflections on Leadership, Community, and the Gospel of Grace - Hardcover

by Ian Stackhouse (Author)

Speaking out of twenty-seven years of pastoral ministry, Ian Stackhouse writes a series of letters to a young pastor just starting out. Responding to the various challenges his young charge faces in the first few years of congregational leadership, Letters to a Young Pastor is something of a spiritual reflection on leadership in the context of Christian ministry. To say that the letters are addressed to a fictitious pastor is not to say that the issues are unreal. Letters to a Young Pastor addresses matters that anyone in leadership eventually has to face. It seeks to offer encouragement and practical wisdom, but also an insight into the inner world of a person wrestling with the demands of a vocational life. In this sense, Letters to a Young Pastor has relevance to anyone who is seeking to remain faithful to a calling, whether ecclesial or not, in a world dominated by consumerism, formulas, and success.

Author Biography

Ian Stackhouse is Senior Minister of Millmead, Guildford Baptist Church, UK. His PhD thesis, The Gospel-Driven Church (2004), is now used as a textbook in theological faculties and seminaries. His most recent publication is Praying Psalms: A Personal Journey through the Psalter (2018).