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We live in a time—call it a secular age—when society has devalued the pastor and yet we nevertheless yearn for ministry.
Andrew Root • The Pastor in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #2): Ministry to People Who No Longer Need a God
The pastor’s public importance rests not in the fact that she is a pastor and plays a part in a divine order but rather in the fact that her church is big (in numbers, budget, or cultural relevance).10
Andrew Root • The Pastor in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #2): Ministry to People Who No Longer Need a God
from the perspective of the dominant class in Israel.
James H. Cone • God of the Oppressed
Marc Gagnon
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Mark Shiel
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Servants remember that God owns it all.
Rick Warren • The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
The cultural environment was perfect for this shift in pastoral identity; the spiritual markets were unregulated, the hegemony of established religion was done, mainline Protestant America was over, and yet the age of authenticity and its nova effect moved people to seek spirituality. The monopolies were broken up, and yet there was spiritual deman
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