Here are links to the audio and handouts of the pastoral ministry course I taught at PRTS last semester. I took a biographical approach to the subject, by giving a maxim for ministry followed by a quote or paragraph from a pastoral biography (and sometimes a pastoral theology book) to illustrate or demonstrate the point. I’m grateful to previous students for some of the research work presented in these lectures. And thanks also to our young summer interns, Constance and Lucy, who did much of the typing.

Quite a few other pastoral subjects were covered in handouts or by links to other articles and audio.

The student handouts below include the quote from the biography, but the maxims have to be filled out as the lecture is followed (well I’ve got to keep them awake somehow!)

As I had not intended making these notes public, the handouts do not contain standard footnotes for each quote. However, if you want to track down each quote, you should be able to do so by using the code at the end of each quote together with this key. In other words if the code is (2/34) then you look up book 2 on the list and you’ll find the quote on page 24. Some of these references need to be double checked (especially the ones marked in red), and nothing has been proof-read (caveat emptor).

I’ve tried to cut out classroom discussion from the audio as much as possible so that listeners are not straining to hear distant voices.

The Pastor’s Preparation
Quotes
Audio

The Pastor’s Qualification
Quotes
Audio

The Pastor’s Call: To the Ministry
Quotes
Audio

The Pastor’s Call: To first congregation
Quotes
Audio

The Pastor’s Call: To another congregation
Quotes
Audio

The Pastor’s Training
Quotes
Audio

The Pastor’s Heart
Quotes
Audio 1     Audio 2     Audio 3

The Pastor’s Family
Covered by another lecturer, but here’s a handout with some gleanings from the biographies.

The Pastor’s Study
Quotes
Audio 1     Audio 2

The Pastor’s Preaching
Quotes
Audio 1     Audio 2     Audio 3     Audio 4

The Pastor’s Visiting
Quotes
Audio 1     Audio 2

The Pastor’s Relationships
Quotes
Audio 1     Audio 2     Audio 3

The Pastor’s Suffering
Quotes
Audio

The Pastor’s Satisfaction
Ran out of time!

Key to the books